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EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JR
Chief Warrant Officer 4 · U.S. Army
March 17, 1921 – May 1, 1966
Service recordEugene Gerald Armstrong JR, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Repair Shop Technician (441A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1921
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1966
- Age
- 45
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 17
- ALBERT MERREL SINNETTStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1966
- ELMO LEE DEFORDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- BILLY DODSONSpecialist Five · May 2, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 16
- KARL F SCHRANKPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 16
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS TRIVETTEPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
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.