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ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1944 – January 9, 1969
Service recordAnthony Clark Armbruster, of Orange, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 59
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 59
- RONALD LARRY DAVIDSONSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- BOBBY JOE DUNHAMSergeant First Class · January 9, 1969
- JOE HENRY ELLISSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- STANLEY STEPHEN GASTONPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
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.