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BILLY HERDON WYATT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 3, 1943 – June 5, 1971
Service recordBilly Herdon Wyatt, of Imperial, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 67
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Imperial, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 67
- LARRY LEE MILLERSergeant · June 5, 1971
- DAVIS JUNIOR MORGANSergeant First Class · June 5, 1971
- WILLIAM KERRY TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1971
- EDMOND TELLO BALLANCEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVIS JUNIOR MORGANSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 67
- WILLIAM KERRY TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 67
From Imperial
- DENNIS EARL JOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
- MARK THOMAS JERNIGANWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.