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Personal info

Full name
WAYT, Fred
Date of birth
5 June 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado
Hometown
Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37704754
Rank
Private
Function
Gunner
Unit
B Company,
814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
On the road between Asten and Meijel, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles D. Wayt (father)
Burley (Chambers) Wayt (mother)
Mabel T. Wayt (sister)
William R. Wayt (brother)
Theodore C. Wayt (brother)
Paul Wayt (brother)
Charles D. Wayt (brother)
Helen C. Wayt (wife)

More information

Pvt. Fred Wayt attended Centennial High School in Pueblo and was a driver before he enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 19 August 1943.

During a battle with German forces on the road between Asten and Meijel, Pvt Wayt's company lost four M-10 tank destroyers (3 burned; 1 captured). Presumably, he was in one of the M-10 vehicles that burned. His remains were never found.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Paul M. Webber / Charles D. 'Chuck' Wayt (nephew), www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Paul M. Webber / Charles D. 'Chuck' Wayt (nephew)