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ROGER MINETT LAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 9, 1948 – January 25, 1968
Service recordRoger Minett Lay, of Milford, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 1 RECON BN
- Born
- May 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Milford, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 33
- ROBERT HENRY KINGFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1968
- ARTHUR JOHN KLABUNDE JRCorporal · January 25, 1968
- HARVEY EDWARD KLINE IISpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- ROBERT CANDLER LANGFORDCorporal · January 25, 1968
From Milford
- SAMUEL QUENTON ASHERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM MCCOYSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY HUDDLESONCorporal · December 19, 1967
- CLIFFORD JOHN T LEFLERSergeant · June 7, 1969
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
- LOUIS JOHN SPEIDELCaptain · June 25, 1971
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.