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HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1947 – August 22, 1966
Service recordHerman Robert Armstrong, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 25
- WILTON PAUL LEBOUEFSpecialist Four · August 21, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- WILFORD LESLIE SPRINKLESCorporal · August 21, 1966
- PETER WILLIAM BOORASPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 28, 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.