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MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1947 – August 31, 1967
Service recordMichael Dignon Laymon, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 75
- LAWRENCE RICHARD MOYERMajor · August 31, 1967
- DANIEL LEE MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
- FRANK MANUEL PACHECOSergeant First Class · August 31, 1967
- RICHARD CLARK PERRYLieutenant Commander · August 31, 1967
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- DAVID LEONARD SKUMURSKIPrivate First Class · April 3, 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.