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ROBERT EMMETT LAYMAN JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 14, 1948 – May 22, 1969
Service recordRobert Emmett Layman JR, of Poquonock, Connecticut, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 77
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 54 MED DET USARV
- Born
- November 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Poquonock, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “54 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 77
- DONALD LEE JUSTICEPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH KIEWLEN JRSergeant · May 22, 1969
- CLOVIS LEE MAYSergeant · May 22, 1969
- GEORGE OTHEL MAYOGunnery Sergeant · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES EWINGSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 75
- JEFFERY ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 79
- FREDRICK STEPHEN WALTERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 80
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.