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EDGAR CARTHA LAYE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1948 – April 25, 1968
Service recordEdgar Cartha Laye JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 7
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES KIMMELFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK MAKUCKSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.