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JAMES HAROLD ARMSTRONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1948 – March 25, 1969
Service recordJames Harold Armstrong, of Old Hickory, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 32
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Old Hickory, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 32
- LUCIANO ARIASCorporal · March 25, 1969
- JIMMY DALE BEANFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- GERNOT BENDERStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- DAVID FORREST BLACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE DEAN CARPERSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 33
- FRANK JOSEPH G ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 34
- EARL MARSHALL HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 36
- DENNIS R RICHARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 39
- WILLIAM JAMES TORPIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 41
From Old Hickory
- JERRY EDWARD DENSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- JOHN RAY STASHONSKYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
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.