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DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1948 – November 21, 1968
Service recordDouglas Wayne Armstrong, of Elkhart, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 22
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 22
- GERALD DAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN ALBERTSergeant · November 21, 1968
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
From Elkhart
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SIGSBEEPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES NORBERT GALEYTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE AUSTIN DECKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TYSONLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- EVANGELOS K CARANASIOSLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
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.