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THOMAS ELSWORTH LAYNE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1944 – December 23, 1967
Service recordThomas Elsworth Layne JR, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 52
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- THOMAS LEON NELSONPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
- ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGOCorporal · December 23, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE EDDIE CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 50
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 50
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 51
- THOMAS LEON NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 52
- JOHN ROBERT PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 52
- RAYMOND CARL EUBANKS JRSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 53
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.