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HOMER LAYNE GLEATON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1948 – March 25, 1969
Service recordHomer Layne Gleaton, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 35
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Orangeburg, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 35
- STEVE FLAHERTYSergeant · March 25, 1969
- CARTER LEE GRAVESSergeant · March 25, 1969
- EDWARD GREEN JRCorporal · March 25, 1969
- ROBERT F MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 41
From Orangeburg
- ANDERSON HAROLD KEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- JAMES WALTER SANFORDPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · December 23, 1967
- RICHARD WORRELL KAPP JRSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE BACOTCorporal · March 24, 1968
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.