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DONALD EDWARD LAYFIELD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1949 – June 19, 1970
Service recordDonald Edward Layfield, of Leavittsburg, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Leavittsburg, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 69
- PATRICK DENNIS KADOWLance Corporal · June 19, 1970
- PHILIP ALFRED KALHAGENStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1970
- MICHAEL WILLIAM NOTERMANNSergeant · June 19, 1970
- BARRY KENT WEAVERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY JOE ALLENCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 67
- ROBERT FRANKLIN STEELESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 70
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.