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GENE WENDELL LAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1946 – October 2, 1967
Service recordGene Wendell Lay, of Winder, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 39
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Winder, Georgia (Barrow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 39
- ANDREW JAMES GARRITYLance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- HENRY GOMEZPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- RONALD HALLPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JOSEPHCorporal · October 2, 1967
- CHARLES HOWARD KILGORECorporal · October 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- IVAN CLAUS KINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 38
- THOMAS EDWARD JOSEPHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 39
- CHARLES HOWARD KILGORECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 39
- EDWARD ARNOLD BIRMINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 40
- SANFORD STEVEN JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 40
- JAMES THOMAS LIKELYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 40
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 41
- ALAN EDWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 42
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 42
From Winder
- JERRY JACKSON MCDANIELPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WELDON GEORGE LYNNPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- LORENZO TUGGLEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT FOWLERCaptain · April 24, 1970
- BILLY JOE HAMMONDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1972
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.