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EVERETT ARMSTRONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1940 – February 6, 1967
Service recordEverett Armstrong, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 126
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 126
- SAMUEL W ARRINGTON JRCorporal · February 6, 1967
- DONALD RAY BAIRSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE J CARRILLO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 127
- GILMORE WILSON CHRISTYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 127
- RAYMOND MAURICE DARRIGANSergeant First Class · Panel 14E, Line 128
- FRED ARTHUR JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 129
- CHESTER PAUL SIMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 3
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.