Lamar Missouri

Layne, Howard Wilson Jr.
Army Staff sergeant

Howard Wilson Jr. Layne, age 24, from Lamar, Missouri, Barton county.

Parents: Howard W. Layne Sr.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, July 14, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Dossett, John Adrian Jr.
Army Sergeant

John Adrian Jr. Dossett, age 19, from Lamar, Missouri, Barton county.

Parents: John Dossett

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lamar (1969)

Date of death: Thursday, June 11, 1970
Death details: Died when the helicopter he was aboard was hit by enemy fire and burst into flames in the Cambodian war zone

Source: National Archives, Springfield Leaders and Press (1970)

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