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JACK EDWARD HYATT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1950 – January 1, 1971
Service recordJack Edward Hyatt, of Sylva, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Sylva, North Carolina (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 19
- FREDERICK R FRACIONECorporal · December 31, 1970
- WENDELL LEVERN WALLACEStaff Sergeant · December 31, 1970
- DENNIS WADE WEBSTERSergeant · December 31, 1970
- THOMAS HAROLD HUDSONSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
From Sylva
- JAMES LOYD LAWRENCE JRCorporal · June 12, 1968
- BOBBY JAMES PARRISSpecialist Four · October 27, 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.