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ERNEST HAMMOND LAIDLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1950 – September 26, 1970
Service recordErnest Hammond Laidler, of Abington, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Abington, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970; eight of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 93
- MARK RICHARD HOLTOMWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1970
- PAUL PATRICK KEEFESergeant · September 26, 1970
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1970
- THOMAS SIMON MALMAYSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ERNEST BAUERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 91
- DONALD ALLEN HALL JRSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 92
- MARK RICHARD HOLTOMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 93
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 93
- ROBERT ALBERT PAINTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 94
- FRANCIS JORDAN SULLIVANCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 94
- DOUGLAS MEAD WOODLANDSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 95
From Abington
- RALPH GERALD HAMLIN JRPrivate First Class · November 29, 1965
- RICHARD ALLAN FITTSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- GLENN RAYMOND GORDONPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- PETER BUGBEE CHRISTIANSONMajor · April 3, 1969
- RICHARD FRANCIS GLINIEWICZSpecialist Four · May 31, 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.