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CHARLES JOSEPH ARMSTRONG
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 9, 1948 – November 24, 1969
Service recordCharles Joseph Armstrong, of Lutherville, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 114
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Lutherville, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 114
- MICHAEL DIMITRI BALAMOTIMajor · November 24, 1969
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- BARRY JOSEPH BEDARDSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- EARL CARLYLE BROWNCaptain · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 114
- HOWARD BRISBANE COMER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 115
- PHILLIP ALLEN DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 116
- LAURENCE ATWOOD YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 116
- MICHAEL FILBERT GONZALESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 117
- JOSEPH EDGAR HARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 117
- JAMES RANDLE JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 118
- ALLEN DEAN PERKINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 118
- JOHN HEZEKIAH WHITTINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 119
From Lutherville
- WILLIAM WESLEY NOETZELWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 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.