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HAROLD KINGSLEY ARMSTRONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – April 30, 1971
Service recordHarold Kingsley Armstrong, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1971; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 19
- RICHARD STEWARTPrivate · April 29, 1971
- CANTRELL MONRO DANIEL IIISpecialist Four · April 30, 1971
- JOSEPH MILTON EASONSpecialist Four · April 30, 1971
- JERRY DONALD HELMSSergeant · April 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CANTRELL MONRO DANIEL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 19
- CHARLES THOMAS KALLAHERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 20
- DAVID PHILLIP MEDINASpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 20
- JAMES EVERETT SHANKSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 20
- LARRY THOMAS YIELDINGSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 21
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.