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TRACY ROY HYATT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 15, 1940 – June 22, 1970
Service recordTracy Roy Hyatt, of De Quincy, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 15, 1940
- Home of record
- De Quincy, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 79
- RALPH ARNOLD GADDISSergeant · June 22, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM GUMBERT JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD HANNStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1970
- HERMAN MOORE JRSpecialist Four · June 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE CHAMBERS-QUIROZPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 77
From De Quincy
- REUBEN JONES JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- CLAIBORNE JOHN SKINNERLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- FLOYD IRA GRANGER JRFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
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.