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ERNEST E LAYAOU JR
Major · U.S. Army
July 4, 1932 – November 13, 1966
Service recordErnest E Layaou JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 4, 1932
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 67
- JOSEPH XAVIER GRANTCaptain · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIS HATTONPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- FRED RODRIGUEZ LIDERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DANIEL TYNERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 69
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.