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ERVIN LEONARD LAIRD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1945 – February 1, 1967
Service recordErvin Leonard Laird, of North Canton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1945
- Home of record
- North Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 104
- ROBERT CHARLES KERIPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK MCGRATHConstructionman · February 1, 1967
- RICHARD P MCSTRAVICK JRCorporal · February 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERRILL VAN BEASLEYCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 102
From North Canton
- MICHAEL JOHN SHEHLPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- RAY EUGENE COLNSpecialist Four · October 30, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD KUHN JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- EDWARD EUGENE BECK JRGunnery Sergeant · August 9, 1969
- DAVID ANDREW BRYANPrivate First Class · November 24, 1970
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.