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DONALD GLENN ARMSTRONG
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1935 – April 2, 1970
Service recordDonald Glenn Armstrong, of Ukiah, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 78
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Ukiah, California (Mendocino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 78
- STEVEN JAMES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD YOUNGCorporal · April 1, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD BORGESSergeant · April 2, 1970
From Ukiah
- EDMUND HENRY FRENYEAMaster Chief Petty Officer · January 22, 1966
- RONALD LEMON WAFFORDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DENNIS PAUL DUNSINGPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN CORNELL BRUNTONPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
- JEFFREY SCOTT WESOLOWSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
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.