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EDWARD WILLIAM WYATT
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 17, 1935 – July 28, 1969
Service recordEdward William Wyatt, of Houston, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 28, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 62
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 17, 1935
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 62
- RORY MICHAEL BAUMCorporal · July 28, 1969
- LANNY ROSS BAUMANNSpecialist Five · July 28, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR BLAIRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH COULOMBELance Corporal · July 28, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.