Robert Paul Wyatt (1948 - 1967)

Born 7 Nov 1948 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Died 10 Jul 1967 at age 18 in Quảng Nam, Vietnam

Biography

Robert Wyatt was awarded the Purple Heart.

Robert Wyatt is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Marine Corps
Pvt. Infantry, KIA in Vietnam

Pvt. Robert Wyatt was killed in action during the Vietnam War.

Pvt. Robert Wyatt served in the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War
Service started:
Unit(s): =C Co.,1st Bn, 7th Marine Regiment; 1st Marine Division, III MAF
Service ended:

Robert was born in 1948. He passed away in 1967.

Robert, the son of Edgar P. Foley of Wakefield MA and Florence S.Wyatt of St Petersburg FL, the stepson of James E. Wyatt of Denver CO, brother of Phillip E. Wyatt and Samuel J. Wyatt, enlisted in the US Marine Corps on July 20, 1966 in Jacksonville FL. He arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.

A Marine squad on a combat patrol in La Thap village complex in Duy Xuyen District received a heavy volume of small arms fire from an enemy force positioned in a tree line. The squad returned fire but weren't able to establish contact, the enemy having fled after the initial volley of fire. Two members of the patrol were hit and killed by the hostile rifle fire, one of the casualties was Pvt Wyatt.

Gravesite Details Phillip enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1967 and was killed in action approximately two kilometers NE of where his brother had died.

Sources

Semper Fi Brother! Sgt R.C. Floyd, (Floyd-1923)

• www.virtualwall.org
• 1st Battalion 7th Marines Association and the1/7 Marines Vietnam Memorial, Marine Corps Museum, Quantico, Virginia, USA
• National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C, USA
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1350276/robert-paul-wyatt: accessed 29 January 2024), memorial page for Pvt Robert Paul Wyatt (7 Nov 1948–10 Jul 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 1350276, citing Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA; Maintained by Victor Vilionis (contributor 47207612).