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Wyatt Eisenhauer

    
Monday, May 23 2005 @ 08:12 AM EDT
Contributed by: tomw
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Individuals USChicago Tribune -- Wyatt Eisenhauer loved music so he taught himself how to play the guitar and overcame dyslexia to win friends and acquaintances' regard as a genius.

Eisenhauer, 26, died Thursday in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, on an escort mission when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle, according to military accounts.

Sam Robinson, a spokeswoman for Fort Riley, Kan., where Eisenhauer was assigned, said he was a cavalry scout with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor, 3rd Brigade of the 1st Armored Division.

"Wyatt was an awesome child, a kid that everybody knew,'' his mother, Gay Eisenhauer, said during a telephone interview Friday, her voice trembling. ``He had dyslexia, so Wyatt was like a sponge. He'd seen something or heard something and he absorbed it because he couldn't depend on reading it.''

A 1996 graduate of Pinckneyville High School, Eisenhauer placed first in the state diesel equipment technology competition sponsored by the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America. He later earned a scholarship and attended Southern Illinois University for three semesters of automotive technical training.

"Wyatt was never about him,'' his mother said. "If he seen someone that had car trouble, he would stop whether he knew them or not.''

When Wyatt was 21 and his youngest sister, then 81/2 years old, was diagnosed with rare autoimmune disease that required chemotherapy treatments, he would lie on the floor with her, clean up after her and change her clothes, Gay Eisenhauer said.

"He was a good kid, a good student,'' said Sam Loiacono, industrial education teacher at Pinckneyville High School. "He always worked hard. He was in the construction class that built one of the sheds on the football field and he was just a good high school student.''

Band director Steve Cannedy remembered Eisenhauer as a talented trumpeter.

"He was always a friendly and conscientious student,'' Cannedy said. "It's very shocking, really unbelievable.''

After high school, Wyatt worked laying floors at local businesses and would end up contributing in other ways. He fixed the projectors at a new movie theater in Sparta, and at another site helped a computer technician figure out the wiring for a new system.

"There wasn't anything he couldn't master,'' his mother said.

Wyatt left for basic training on June 1, 2004, and left for Iraq in February, his mother said.

Wyatt is survived by his parents, Fred and Gay, and three sisters.
 
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Wyatt Eisenhauer
Authored by: anonymous on Tuesday, May 24 2005 @ 12:20 PM EDT
My thoughts and prayers are with you, during this difficult time, may God be with you.
Wyatt Eisenhauer
Authored by: anonymous on Saturday, May 28 2005 @ 01:15 PM EDT
Eisenhaur was a great guy in the Scout Platoon. He worked hard and was just a great guy. I didn't know him that well, but when I did hear his name from the other Scouts, nothing ever bad was said.

Peace be with you, bro.

Sgt. Peck.
HHC 2-70th Ar
Bn Maint.
  • Wyatt Eisenhauer - Authored by: anonymous on Wednesday, June 08 2005 @ 10:20 AM EDT
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Wyatt Eisenhauer
Authored by: anonymous on Friday, June 24 2005 @ 12:59 PM EDT
the young men that were friends with wyatt, are anxiously waiting to hear from wyatts army buddies, please help them remember wyatt and all of his good deeds.
Wyatt Eisenhauer
Authored by: anonymous on Friday, September 09 2005 @ 08:27 PM EDT
Wyatt,
I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your family, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

"Strike Swiftly!"(70th Armor Motto)
Wyatt Eisenhauer
Authored by: anonymous on Friday, June 09 2006 @ 10:46 PM EDT
Lots of fun always! thanks for everthing. Always in my heart!!!!!!



Jessi Gregory
Wyatt Eisenhauer
Authored by: anonymous on Tuesday, December 19 2006 @ 06:52 PM EST
To Wyatt's parents and family - Please know you are in my thoughts, prayers and heart. Please know your son has touched MANY peoples lives, in way or another. Thank you for raisng such a man.

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