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BARRY LEE ARMSTRONG
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 22, 1950 – February 2, 1970
Service recordBarry Lee Armstrong, of Freeport, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Freeport, Illinois (Stephenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 92
- RICHARD WARREN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- VON STEVEN ANDERSONSergeant · February 2, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE BARTEKSpecialist Four · February 2, 1970
- ALAN WAYNE BERRYCorporal · February 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WESLEY STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 96
From Freeport
- RICHARD LEE OTTEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE KEEPCorporal · January 8, 1968
- LARRY WESLEY MACKSpecialist Five · April 20, 1968
- LOUIE JOHN SHIANNASpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN BONEBRIGHTSergeant · May 18, 1969
- DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGERCorporal · March 17, 1970
- JERRY LYNN POOLCaptain · March 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.