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Marine Corps Reserve Lance Corporal Daniel R. Wyatt - Wisconsin Military Causualty Compilation - Afghanistan / Iraq
This entry was posted on 1/17/2012 1:30 AM and is filed under Wisconsin Military Casualties Afghanistan Iraq Compilation.
Marine Corps Reserve Lance Corporal Daniel Richard Wyatt, 22, Caledonia, Wisconsin, died on October 12, 2004. He was killed during combat action with enemy forces in Yusufiya, Bablil Province, Iraq. The area is south of Baghdad. Lance Corporal Wyatt was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve based out of Chicago, Illinois (Wyatt was a member of the Fox Company detatchment out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel notes Daniel Wyatt grew up in Racine and was the youngest of three sons. He had participated in a youth football league. Daniel had lost his mother to cancer when he was only eight years old. He graduated from Racine Horlick High School. Wyatt entered the Marine Reserves after graduating. The Journal Sentinel went on to mention Wyatt wanted to be a police officer and was studying criminal justice at Milwaukee Area Technical College just before deployment to Iraq. His Marine unit had been activated in June of 2004. He had been in Iraq for a month when he was killed.
In another article the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned that Daniel Wyatt's father had served in the Air Force in the Vietnam theater of war and his grandfather had been in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
The Web site militarytimes.com using information from the Associated Press notes Daniel Wyatt had graduated with honors from Racine Horlick High School in 2001. Lance Corporal Wyatt was a rifleman for his military unit. He had been in the Marine Reserves for three years. The posting went on to note, "Family members described Daniel as quiet but venturesome, and a lover of music, reading history and sports." The family had lived in Prospect Heights, Illinois and moved to Racine in 1992. They had a hobby farm near Caledonia, Wisconsin.
The Web site iraq.pigstye.net noted Daniel Wyatt was an animal lover and the farm had horses, turkeys, and chickens. He was remembered for his fondness for motorcycles, reading, being a thinker as well as a doer, and having a thirst for challenges.
At the time of his death Marine Lance Corporal Daniel R. Wyatt was survived by his father David Wyatt; stepmother Kathy Sullivan; fiancee Laura Watson; and, five siblings. He was preceded in death by his mother. Lance Corporal Wyatt was laid to rest with full Military Honors at the Southern Wisconsin Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, in the Town of Dover, Wisconsin.
Information for this short biography about Marine Corps Reserve Lance Corporal Daniel Richard Wyatt was pieced together from the following sources: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Racine Marine serving in Iraq killed in explosion," October 15, 2004; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, " Marine killed in Iraq was dedicated to cause, dad says," October 31, 2004; militarytimes.com, "Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Wyatt," and, Associated Press, "Wisconsin Marine killed in Iraq"; iraq.pigstye.net, "Daniel R. Wyatt," October 18, 2004; Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs "Fallen Heroes Page"; and, CNN.com "War Casualties Page."
Note: This "Wisconsin Military Casualties Afghanistan Iraq Compilation" Daily Dadio blog Category is under construction. Go to the Cooldadiomedia Web site and the Wisconsin War Casualties Page for a list of names noted by date of death. ( If readers know of other military service persons with Wisconsin connections that are not on the Web site comprehensive list of fatal casualties, or notice errors, please email Bob Keith at keithrg13@cooldadiomedia.com )
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