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BILLY CARL ARMSTRONG
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1946 – April 21, 1968
Service recordBilly Carl Armstrong, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 16
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
- February 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 16
- IRVING DONALD BARROWSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- MCDONALD E BOYCECorporal · April 21, 1968
- WILLIE GENE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ALFRED BENNETT CAFRELLISpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.