Snellville will join the nation and other metro communities in efforts to honor Staff Sgt. David Allen Wyatt by placing a brick on the city's Veterans Memorial. Wyatt is one of the five service members killed in an attack on a military base in Chattanooga last week. Wyatt's aunt, Robin Wyatt, is a Snellville attorney.
"The Snellville Veterans Memorial Committee believed Mr. Wyatt had connections with Snellville so he belongs on our wall," said Mayor Pro Tem Tom Witts. "That's what the wall is about. The wall is about remembering and honoring the people who served and protected our country."
Witts said he expects the brick, which reads "David Wyatt USMC Chattanooga", will be on the Memorial by Veterans Day. A ceremony honoring the marine will coincide with placement of the memorial brick.
Wyatt, age 35, of Hixson, Tenn. was born Nov. 7, 1979 in Morganton, N.C. He grew up in Ozark and Russellville, Ark. A Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout, he graduated from Russellville High School in 1998 and attended Piedmont Community College in Morganton, N.C., Arkansas Tech, and MSU in Missoula, Mont.
Following the events of 9/11, Wyatt joined the United States Marine Corp. He graduated Boot Camp from Parris Island, S.C. and began an 11-year career that led him to serve in multiple locations including Okinawa, Japan, 29 Palms, Calif., Camp Lejeune, N.C., Kuwait, and Korea. He fought in Operation Freedom in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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