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BRUCE ELLIS ARMSTRONG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1948 – April 12, 1970
Service recordBruce Ellis Armstrong, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 126
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 126
- CLIFFORD LAWRENCE TARBELLSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- ROBERT LE ROY WADEStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1970
- GARRY WALLACE WARDLance Corporal · April 11, 1970
- GEORGE HARTWELL ADAMSCaptain · April 12, 1970
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.