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EVERETT ALBERT WYATT JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1927 – February 7, 1968
Service recordEverett Albert Wyatt JR, of Temple, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 19
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- March 22, 1927
- Home of record
- Temple, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 19
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROY EDWARD WORTHWarrant Officer 1 · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT LEO YORKPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD FRED CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH A EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 82
- BOYD JEFFERY NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 8
- ADRIAN ALLEN QUICK JRSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 11
- SAMUEL LUVENE SQUARRELLSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 15
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 18
From Temple
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS GRAYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- HAROLD DWAINE DANIELSSergeant · April 16, 1968
- JOSEPH KERR BUSH JRCaptain · February 10, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES DROBENAStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- HARLAN MERDEAN CRAFTSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- DONALD PRIESTER CANDLERSecond Lieutenant · August 8, 1969
- MILO CLINTON ISAACSSergeant First Class · October 22, 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.