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JAMES DOUGLAS ARMSTEAD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1947 – November 20, 1968
Service recordJames Douglas Armstead JR, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 13
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 13
- JOHN NORMAN REILLY JRCaptain · November 19, 1968
- TED LEROY SHARPSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- LEROY SPENCER JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · November 19, 1968
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 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.