Name: 1LT Charles Rembert Wyatt
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 08/24/1968 while performing the duty of Co-pilot.
Age at death: 23.9
Date of Birth: 10/04/1944
Home City: East Point, GA
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-262
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 46W-010
Short Summary: Died from head wound received from hostile fire while approaching an LZ.
Aircraft: CH-46D
Service number: 0100292
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 02
Location: Quang Tri Province I Corps.
Additional information about this casualty:
The HMM-262 website states that he was copilot of a CH-46 which crashed on land due to hostile causes. He died of wounds received.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died of wounds
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: MARIETTA NATIONAL CEMETERY, MARIETTA, GA
This record was last updated on 10/20/1999
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