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OSCAR ROBERT LAYPORTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 25, 1949 – October 30, 1970
Service recordOscar Robert Layporte, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 29
- LARRY EMERSON HENDRICKPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1970
- BRUCE ALAN MCNEILSergeant · October 30, 1970
- JOHN PAUL MUSICHSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- CARL EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.