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JERALD MICHAEL HYATT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1948 – August 7, 1969
Service recordJerald Michael Hyatt, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 107
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 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 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 107
- CARLOS BALDIZON-IZQUIERDOPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- JOSE ANTONIO CARRIONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE CARTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDMOND DALE WIMMERGRENSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 110
- LIONEL WORKMANSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 110
From Newark
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
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.