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MICHAEL DALE HYATT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – March 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Dale Hyatt, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 12
- ROBERT ERNEST DIEHLPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY EVANSSergeant · March 2, 1969
- CLYDE WAYNE GANZYPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- ANTONIO MENDEZ GARCIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LENORD BIDDLESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 10
- PETER ALFRED DUPERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
- ANTONIO MENDEZ GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 12
- ROBERT LOUIS HARTERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 13
- GEORGE HENRY RIPLIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 15
- THOMAS DONALD THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 15
- HAROLD JOHN SMITHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 16
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.