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HOWARD WILSON LAYNE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1945 – July 14, 1970
Service recordHoward Wilson Layne JR, of Lamar, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Lamar, Missouri (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 17
- ROBERT BRADSHER JRCorporal · July 14, 1970
- DENNIS WILLARD HUFFINESergeant · July 14, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD JONESStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
- JOHN LOY KEISTERSergeant · July 14, 1970
From Lamar
- JAREL WAYNE AYERSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- GERRY WAYNE LAWSONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT SEATONStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1968
- CORDIS RAY WHITESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · June 11, 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.