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ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONG
Private · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – December 11, 1968
Service recordAtwell Asbell Armstrong, of Brunswick, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 84
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Brunswick, Georgia (Glynn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 84
- DAVID MICHAEL DICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1968
- JOE MANUEL JUAREZPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE COFFMANPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAKE EDWARD HURSTSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 3
- MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 4
- ELIJAH MILES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 4
- ALEXANDER POZMANN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 5
- RALPH EDWARD ROACHSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 5
- RONALD M ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 5
- HERMAN FRANCIS RUBINPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 6
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 8
- EUGENE WALTERSSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 8
From Brunswick
- ARTHUR MITCHELL DOWNSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT RHODESLance Corporal · January 30, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LAWRENCELance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- WILLIS LEROY WOODPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM TYLER HANCOCKPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- DAVID WATSON BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- RUSSELL LAMAR SMITHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- OSCAR THOMAS FRANCISPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
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.