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DILLARD RAY LAYNE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1945 – July 3, 1968
Service recordDillard Ray Layne, of Whitwell, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 2
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Whitwell, Tennessee (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 2
- JOSEPH JOHN JONESSergeant · July 3, 1968
- COLIN EDWARD LAMBFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- JAMES SCOTT LANGWORTHYPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- RANDELL BLAKE LITTLECorporal · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDREWSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 40
- JIMMIE HANKERSONPrivate · Panel 54W, Line 40
- LAWRENCE NELSON CONEYSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 41
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · Panel 53W, Line 3
- MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLECorporal · Panel 53W, Line 5
- HAROLD RAY SILVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 5
- CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 6
- RONALD KEITH WEISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 7
From Whitwell
- GARY ELDON PERKINSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON MOSESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- GARY BREWSTER KILGORESpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- RONALD DAVID MELTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.