Layne, Guthrie Fitzhugh Jr.
Navy Seaman 1st class
Guthrie Fitzhugh Jr. Layne, age 20, from Milam County Milano, Texas .
Parents: Guthrie Layne Sr.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Source: National Arvhies, USSHouston.org, Waco Times Herald (1942)