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WEBB HERMAN LAYTON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 23, 1935 – December 7, 1969
Service recordWebb Herman Layton JR, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 7, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 37
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 23, 1935
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 37
- MICHAEL WAYNE LEIFSergeant · December 7, 1969
- JERRY DON PATTONPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- KENNETH ALAN RICHEYSergeant · December 7, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
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.