Beryl Wyatt (1920 - 1944)

Born 24 Aug 1920 in Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Apr 1944 at age 23 in Italy

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Biography

2 Lt Beryl Wyatt was Killed in Action during World War II.

Beryl Wyatt is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army Air Force 100th Fighter Squadron 1943-1944
Tuskegee Airman flying Ace

Beryl Wyatt was awarded the Purple Heart.

Beryl Wyatt is Notable.

Beryl was born in 1920 to Sumner Wyatt and Esther Harper.^[1] His father worked as a janitor in an office building.^[2]. Beryl attended Independence High School , attended Independence Junior College, and was a student at Kansas City University when he enlisted in 1942.

Albert was married to Lulu Henderson, and had a daughter when he completed his training in the Tuskegee Air Pilot Program in August of 1943. His mother and aunt proudly attended the ceremony. ^[3]. In December he was deployed to Italy where he was stationed with the 100th Fighter Squadron, 322nd Fighter Group in Ramitelli.

On April 15, the 332nd Fighter Group moved from Montecorvino, Italy, to Capodichino near Naples. On April 18, Beryl's P-39 Airacobra took heavy enemy fire while on a bombing mission. When he tried to land the plane, he crashed just short of the runway. Lulu received a wire telling her that he had been hospitalized with injuries. Three days later, she received a second wire, informing her of his death from those injuries.^[4]

He is buried Sicily-Rome American Cemetery.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QP-9WJ : accessed 14 July 2020), Beryl Wyatt in household of Robert S Wyatt, Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 17B, line 73, family 456, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 712; FHL microfilm 2,340,447.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRK5-9LL : 26 July 2019), Beryl Wyatt in household of Sumner Wyatt, Ward 3, Independence, Independence City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63-31A, sheet 7B, line 54, family 165, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1247.
3. ↑ The Weekly Review, Birmingham, AL, 14 Aug 1943, pg. 3.
4. ↑ https://advantagenews.com/features/arts-entertainment/alton-woman-recalls-marriage-to-pilot/
5. ↑ https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/wyatt%3Dberyl