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RONALD WYATT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 31, 1946 – October 28, 1966
Service recordRonald Wyatt, of South River, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1946
- Home of record
- South River, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 125
- WENDELL LEWIS WILSONSergeant · October 28, 1966
- GLEN HARRY YOUNGPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL BENTONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN BOSKO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 120
- WALTER JACKSON CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 121
- OSCAR GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 122
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 123
- TERRY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 124
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 124
From South River
- GEORGE EPPINGERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- AARON GEORGE GLYNNCorporal · May 10, 1967
- ANDREW IVAN JRMajor · May 30, 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.