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WAYNE REUBEN HYATT
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1934 – February 18, 1971
Service recordWayne Reuben Hyatt, of Hanceville, Alabama, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-53 A/D Qualified (I) (7564)
- Born
- June 28, 1934
- Home of record
- Hanceville, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 116
- EARLEY CARTER GRACEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1971
- LARRY RICHARD HATTERCorporal · February 18, 1971
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
- COLEY LEE KENDALLSergeant · February 18, 1971
From Hanceville
- JACKIE JUNIOR FULGHUMPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- ERNEST BRYAN CUPPSergeant · April 5, 1967
- EDWARD MORRIS PIKESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD HAWKSpecialist Four · March 30, 1970
- DANNIE LEE HAWKINSSergeant · May 29, 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.