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JOHN HENRY ARMSTRONG
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1945 – March 24, 1967
Service recordJohn Henry Armstrong, of San Diego, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 33
- RICHARD DONALD ADAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- ROBERT ALVAREZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- FREDERICK HAROLD BRODHAGENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.