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JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1950 – April 11, 1971
Service recordJames Leonard Armstrong, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (Garvin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 117
- ERIC MELVIN KELLYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
- HUGH MICHAEL PETTITWarrant Officer 1 · April 10, 1971
- WAYNE CARLOS BAGGETTSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- CLARENCE RICHARD FRANKLINSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JACK PERRY BEGLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 118
- JEAN PIERRE HUMBERTStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 118
- JON MICHAEL MELIMSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 119
- EDWARD PERCY PILKINGTONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 119
- JOSEPH A SCHOOLMEESTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 119
- JOE REYES SILVACorporal · Panel 4W, Line 120
- DOUGLAS ALLEN VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
- RICHARD MICHAEL WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
From Pauls Valley
- WILLIAM LLOYD CRAWFORDLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- OSCAR WAYNE PIERCESpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- MARTIN ROWLAND MANESSPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- MURL ALVIN MOYERSCorporal · March 29, 1970
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.