PVT. Wayt, Fred
Service number: 37704754
Age: 34
Born: June 5, 1910, Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado
Hometown: Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
Family: Charles D. Wayt (father)
Burley (nee Chambers) Wayt (mother)
Mabel D. Wayt/Fraser (sister)
Fraser Wayt (brother)
William Russell Wayt (brother)
Theodore Charles Wayt (brother)
Paul Wayt (brother)
Charles Dinsmore Wayt (brother)
Helen Cora, (nee Reed) Wayt/Gash (wife)
Rank: Private
Function: Cannoneer
Battalion: 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: B Company
Date of death: 29 October 1944
Status: MIssing In Action
Place of death: Asten Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Spot: On the road between Asten and Meijel, the Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: August 19, 1943, Denver Colorado
Other information: Bio by Paul Webber,Find A Grave member ID 47577572
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.
Private Fred Wayt, was born at Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado on June 5, 1910. He was one of seven children of Charles D. Wayt (12 Sep 1875 – 9 Mar 1918) and Burley (Chambers) Wayt (Apr 1875 – 14 Apr 1932). His parents were born at Marshall County, West Virginia, and married there in 1899. They moved to Belmont County, Ohio by 1903; and to Pueblo County, Colorado by 1910. His father was a farmer, and later a retail grocer. His father died in an automobile accident when Fred was seven years old. By 1927 the family lived at 608 East 6th in Pueblo, Colorado.
GO 98, Hq 7th Armd Div, APO 257, U S Army, 25 Nov 44)
Private Fred Wayt Field Artillery, United States Army, for distinguishing himself by heroic service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States in Holland, on 29 October 1944. Entered the military service from Colorado.
His siblings were: Mabel D. (Wayt) Fraser (4 Sep 1900 – Jul 1995), William Russell Wayt (8 Dec 1901 – 6 Mar 1956), Lee Wayt (19 Apr 1903 – d by 1910), Theodore Charles Wayt (9 Nov 1904 – 6 Nov 1992), Paul Wayt (16 Oct 1906 – 23 Feb 1959), and Charles Dinsmore 'Denny' Wayt (21 Jul 1913 – 6 Nov 1992).
He entered Centennial High School in Pueblo as a freshman in 1927 with the class of 1931, and completed two years of high school. In 1929 he and his brother Paul worked as attendants at E. H. Chamberlain service station in Pueblo. In 1931 he was a station attendant at Arthur Allers, and his brother Paul was a mechanic at E. J. Johnson Motors Inc in Pueblo. In 1935 he and his brother Paul owned and operated Wayt Brothers service station at 726 North Main in Pueblo. By 1938 he was a self-employed truck driver.
In April 1940 he was married and lived with his wife, Helen C. Wayt, at 608 East 6th in Pueblo. He registered for the draft at Peyton, Colorado on October 16, 1940. He was 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighed 125 pounds, and had brown eyes and brown hair. He was inducted into the U.S. Army at Denver, Colorado on August 19, 1943, and trained as an artilleryman.
In 1944 he was a cannoneer (MOS 531), assigned to B Company, 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion, which was attached to the 7th Armored Division in Europe. He was killed in action on October 29, 1944, during a battle with German forces on the road between Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands and Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands. The Germans attacked northwest from Meijel with tanks and infantry. In the ensuing battle, Pvt Wayt's company lost four M-10 tank destroyers (3 burned; 1 captured). His remains were never found. He was probably in one of the M-10 vehicles that burned.
Private Wayt is memorialized on the Wall of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, The Netherlands. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for heroic service. He was also awarded the Purple Heart.
Service number: 37704754
Age: 34
Born: June 5, 1910, Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado
Hometown: Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
Family: Charles D. Wayt (father)
Burley (nee Chambers) Wayt (mother)
Mabel D. Wayt/Fraser (sister)
Fraser Wayt (brother)
William Russell Wayt (brother)
Theodore Charles Wayt (brother)
Paul Wayt (brother)
Charles Dinsmore Wayt (brother)
Helen Cora, (nee Reed) Wayt/Gash (wife)
Rank: Private
Function: Cannoneer
Battalion: 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: B Company
Date of death: 29 October 1944
Status: MIssing In Action
Place of death: Asten Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Spot: On the road between Asten and Meijel, the Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: August 19, 1943, Denver Colorado
Other information: Bio by Paul Webber,Find A Grave member ID 47577572
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.
Private Fred Wayt, was born at Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado on June 5, 1910. He was one of seven children of Charles D. Wayt (12 Sep 1875 – 9 Mar 1918) and Burley (Chambers) Wayt (Apr 1875 – 14 Apr 1932). His parents were born at Marshall County, West Virginia, and married there in 1899. They moved to Belmont County, Ohio by 1903; and to Pueblo County, Colorado by 1910. His father was a farmer, and later a retail grocer. His father died in an automobile accident when Fred was seven years old. By 1927 the family lived at 608 East 6th in Pueblo, Colorado.
GO 98, Hq 7th Armd Div, APO 257, U S Army, 25 Nov 44)
Private Fred Wayt Field Artillery, United States Army, for distinguishing himself by heroic service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States in Holland, on 29 October 1944. Entered the military service from Colorado.
His siblings were: Mabel D. (Wayt) Fraser (4 Sep 1900 – Jul 1995), William Russell Wayt (8 Dec 1901 – 6 Mar 1956), Lee Wayt (19 Apr 1903 – d by 1910), Theodore Charles Wayt (9 Nov 1904 – 6 Nov 1992), Paul Wayt (16 Oct 1906 – 23 Feb 1959), and Charles Dinsmore 'Denny' Wayt (21 Jul 1913 – 6 Nov 1992).
He entered Centennial High School in Pueblo as a freshman in 1927 with the class of 1931, and completed two years of high school. In 1929 he and his brother Paul worked as attendants at E. H. Chamberlain service station in Pueblo. In 1931 he was a station attendant at Arthur Allers, and his brother Paul was a mechanic at E. J. Johnson Motors Inc in Pueblo. In 1935 he and his brother Paul owned and operated Wayt Brothers service station at 726 North Main in Pueblo. By 1938 he was a self-employed truck driver.
In April 1940 he was married and lived with his wife, Helen C. Wayt, at 608 East 6th in Pueblo. He registered for the draft at Peyton, Colorado on October 16, 1940. He was 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighed 125 pounds, and had brown eyes and brown hair. He was inducted into the U.S. Army at Denver, Colorado on August 19, 1943, and trained as an artilleryman.
In 1944 he was a cannoneer (MOS 531), assigned to B Company, 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion, which was attached to the 7th Armored Division in Europe. He was killed in action on October 29, 1944, during a battle with German forces on the road between Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands and Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands. The Germans attacked northwest from Meijel with tanks and infantry. In the ensuing battle, Pvt Wayt's company lost four M-10 tank destroyers (3 burned; 1 captured). His remains were never found. He was probably in one of the M-10 vehicles that burned.
Private Wayt is memorialized on the Wall of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, The Netherlands. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for heroic service. He was also awarded the Purple Heart.
PVT. Wayt, Fred
Service number: 37704754
Age: 34
Born: June 5, 1910, Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado
Hometown: Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
Family: Charles D. Wayt (father)
Burley (nee Chambers) Wayt (mother)
Mabel D. Wayt/Fraser (sister)
Fraser Wayt (brother)
William Russell Wayt (brother)
Theodore Charles Wayt (brother)
Paul Wayt (brother)
Charles Dinsmore Wayt (brother)
Helen Cora, (nee Reed) Wayt/Gash (wife)
Rank: Private
Function: Cannoneer
Battalion: 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: B Company
Date of death: 29 October 1944
Status: MIssing In Action
Place of death: Asten Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Spot: On the road between Asten and Meijel, the Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: August 19, 1943, Denver Colorado
Other information: Bio by Paul Webber,Find A Grave member ID 47577572
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.
Private Fred Wayt, was born at Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado on June 5, 1910. He was one of seven children of Charles D. Wayt (12 Sep 1875 – 9 Mar 1918) and Burley (Chambers) Wayt (Apr 1875 – 14 Apr 1932). His parents were born at Marshall County, West Virginia, and married there in 1899. They moved to Belmont County, Ohio by 1903; and to Pueblo County, Colorado by 1910. His father was a farmer, and later a retail grocer. His father died in an automobile accident when Fred was seven years old. By 1927 the family lived at 608 East 6th in Pueblo, Colorado.
GO 98, Hq 7th Armd Div, APO 257, U S Army, 25 Nov 44)
Private Fred Wayt Field Artillery, United States Army, for distinguishing himself by heroic service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States in Holland, on 29 October 1944. Entered the military service from Colorado.
His siblings were: Mabel D. (Wayt) Fraser (4 Sep 1900 – Jul 1995), William Russell Wayt (8 Dec 1901 – 6 Mar 1956), Lee Wayt (19 Apr 1903 – d by 1910), Theodore Charles Wayt (9 Nov 1904 – 6 Nov 1992), Paul Wayt (16 Oct 1906 – 23 Feb 1959), and Charles Dinsmore 'Denny' Wayt (21 Jul 1913 – 6 Nov 1992).
He entered Centennial High School in Pueblo as a freshman in 1927 with the class of 1931, and completed two years of high school. In 1929 he and his brother Paul worked as attendants at E. H. Chamberlain service station in Pueblo. In 1931 he was a station attendant at Arthur Allers, and his brother Paul was a mechanic at E. J. Johnson Motors Inc in Pueblo. In 1935 he and his brother Paul owned and operated Wayt Brothers service station at 726 North Main in Pueblo. By 1938 he was a self-employed truck driver.
In April 1940 he was married and lived with his wife, Helen C. Wayt, at 608 East 6th in Pueblo. He registered for the draft at Peyton, Colorado on October 16, 1940. He was 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighed 125 pounds, and had brown eyes and brown hair. He was inducted into the U.S. Army at Denver, Colorado on August 19, 1943, and trained as an artilleryman.
In 1944 he was a cannoneer (MOS 531), assigned to B Company, 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion, which was attached to the 7th Armored Division in Europe. He was killed in action on October 29, 1944, during a battle with German forces on the road between Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands and Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands. The Germans attacked northwest from Meijel with tanks and infantry. In the ensuing battle, Pvt Wayt's company lost four M-10 tank destroyers (3 burned; 1 captured). His remains were never found. He was probably in one of the M-10 vehicles that burned.
Private Wayt is memorialized on the Wall of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, The Netherlands. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for heroic service. He was also awarded the Purple Heart.
Service number: 37704754
Age: 34
Born: June 5, 1910, Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado
Hometown: Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
Family: Charles D. Wayt (father)
Burley (nee Chambers) Wayt (mother)
Mabel D. Wayt/Fraser (sister)
Fraser Wayt (brother)
William Russell Wayt (brother)
Theodore Charles Wayt (brother)
Paul Wayt (brother)
Charles Dinsmore Wayt (brother)
Helen Cora, (nee Reed) Wayt/Gash (wife)
Rank: Private
Function: Cannoneer
Battalion: 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: B Company
Date of death: 29 October 1944
Status: MIssing In Action
Place of death: Asten Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Spot: On the road between Asten and Meijel, the Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: August 19, 1943, Denver Colorado
Other information: Bio by Paul Webber,Find A Grave member ID 47577572
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.
Private Fred Wayt, was born at Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado on June 5, 1910. He was one of seven children of Charles D. Wayt (12 Sep 1875 – 9 Mar 1918) and Burley (Chambers) Wayt (Apr 1875 – 14 Apr 1932). His parents were born at Marshall County, West Virginia, and married there in 1899. They moved to Belmont County, Ohio by 1903; and to Pueblo County, Colorado by 1910. His father was a farmer, and later a retail grocer. His father died in an automobile accident when Fred was seven years old. By 1927 the family lived at 608 East 6th in Pueblo, Colorado.
GO 98, Hq 7th Armd Div, APO 257, U S Army, 25 Nov 44)
Private Fred Wayt Field Artillery, United States Army, for distinguishing himself by heroic service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States in Holland, on 29 October 1944. Entered the military service from Colorado.
His siblings were: Mabel D. (Wayt) Fraser (4 Sep 1900 – Jul 1995), William Russell Wayt (8 Dec 1901 – 6 Mar 1956), Lee Wayt (19 Apr 1903 – d by 1910), Theodore Charles Wayt (9 Nov 1904 – 6 Nov 1992), Paul Wayt (16 Oct 1906 – 23 Feb 1959), and Charles Dinsmore 'Denny' Wayt (21 Jul 1913 – 6 Nov 1992).
He entered Centennial High School in Pueblo as a freshman in 1927 with the class of 1931, and completed two years of high school. In 1929 he and his brother Paul worked as attendants at E. H. Chamberlain service station in Pueblo. In 1931 he was a station attendant at Arthur Allers, and his brother Paul was a mechanic at E. J. Johnson Motors Inc in Pueblo. In 1935 he and his brother Paul owned and operated Wayt Brothers service station at 726 North Main in Pueblo. By 1938 he was a self-employed truck driver.
In April 1940 he was married and lived with his wife, Helen C. Wayt, at 608 East 6th in Pueblo. He registered for the draft at Peyton, Colorado on October 16, 1940. He was 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighed 125 pounds, and had brown eyes and brown hair. He was inducted into the U.S. Army at Denver, Colorado on August 19, 1943, and trained as an artilleryman.
In 1944 he was a cannoneer (MOS 531), assigned to B Company, 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion, which was attached to the 7th Armored Division in Europe. He was killed in action on October 29, 1944, during a battle with German forces on the road between Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands and Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands. The Germans attacked northwest from Meijel with tanks and infantry. In the ensuing battle, Pvt Wayt's company lost four M-10 tank destroyers (3 burned; 1 captured). His remains were never found. He was probably in one of the M-10 vehicles that burned.
Private Wayt is memorialized on the Wall of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, The Netherlands. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for heroic service. He was also awarded the Purple Heart.
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WAYT FRED
PVT 814 TD BN COLORADO
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Entered the service from Colorado.
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