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DEAN EDWARD ARMSTRONG
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1931 – May 13, 1967
Service recordDean Edward Armstrong, of Atoka, Oklahoma, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 103
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 4, 1931
- Home of record
- Atoka, Oklahoma (Atoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 103
- JOHN MANUEL AVILALance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS BEDGOODSergeant · May 13, 1967
- PETER QUIRINUS BOETS JRCorporal · May 13, 1967
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER BOREYLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
From Atoka
- FORBIS PIPKIN DURANT JRLance Corporal · March 10, 1968
- BENNY JOE LEWISSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- DANNY LEO EVANSPrivate First Class · August 10, 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.