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JAMES EDWARD WYATT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1935 – March 9, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Wyatt, of Sikeston, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 4
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Sikeston, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi 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 44E, Line 4
- BENJAMIN FRANCIS ALMAGUERPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- WALTER EVAN ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- RICHARD CRAIG BROWNSpecialist Five · March 10, 1968
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
From Sikeston
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
- MICHAEL KENNETH BOARDMANLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- VIRGIL BURKS JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- CLARENCE WAYNE TEMPLETONCorporal · April 15, 1970
- ALAN HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- CURTERS JOSEPH BURNETTPrivate · November 21, 1970
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
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.