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RONALD DEAN LAYTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1950 – June 6, 1969
Service recordRonald Dean Layton, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; 25 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 89
- DON HARRISON LASCELLESStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
- PETER ALLEN LEHMANStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
- CARL DONALD LYNCHCorporal · June 6, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES MANSONCorporal · June 6, 1969
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.