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RICHARD COLEMAN WYATT
Seaman · U.S. Navy
July 31, 1948 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRichard Coleman Wyatt, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 36
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 36
- LARRY DALE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JOSEPH GEORGE WOLFEFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- BILLARA WOLFORDSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM WRIGHT IIPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.