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LAYNE JOSEPH ROMAGOSA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1947 – September 21, 1970
Service recordLayne Joseph Romagosa, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 27, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa 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 82
- FRANK BART SANDERSPrivate First Class · September 21, 1970
- STEPHEN THOMAS SMITHSpecialist Five · September 21, 1970
- KENNA CLYDE TAYLORPetty Officer First Class · September 21, 1970
- LEO ALBERT BEACH JRSergeant · September 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE DEANCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 81
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.