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DONALD DEAN LAYTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1949 – August 4, 1970
Service recordDonald Dean Layton, of Aberdeen, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 82
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, South Dakota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 82
- GLENN RAYMOND GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- ARTHUR FREDERICK GLEIM JRSpecialist Four · August 4, 1970
- PAUL ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · August 4, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · August 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GLENN RAYMOND GILBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 82
- ARTHUR FREDERICK GLEIM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 82
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 82
From Aberdeen
- RONALD RUSSELL SCHNAIDTAirman First Class · April 5, 1967
- CHARLES J MILBRANDTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- VERN JACOB FRIEDPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD FREDRICK RENNOLETSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- DENNIS RICHARD VOLKSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · June 21, 1968
- EDGAR DONALD MATTHEWSSergeant First Class · June 3, 1970
- LONNIE LEE STERNPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
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.