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MARVIN LEON WYATT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1946 – June 17, 1968
Service recordMarvin Leon Wyatt, of Wise, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 458 TC 92 MP BN 18 MP BDE USARV
- Born
- July 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Wise, Virginia (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 16
- ROOSEVELT TOWNSENDCorporal · June 17, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS WEDGEWORTHCorporal · June 17, 1968
- RONALD LEE ALESHIREPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- LEROY CLYDE GEYERSergeant First Class · June 18, 1968
From Wise
- BOYCE EUGENE LAWSONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1963
- CHARLES DON BUCHANANSpecialist Five · May 19, 1969
- ARTHUR EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOPKINSLance Corporal · February 24, 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.