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JOSEPH LARRY ARMSTRONG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1950 – April 7, 1971
Service recordJoseph Larry Armstrong, of Vine Grove, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 111
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Vine Grove, Kentucky (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1971; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 111
- DALE ROBERT HOODPrivate First Class · April 7, 1971
- EARL HUGO KINGSpecialist Four · April 7, 1971
- RICHARD MORGANCorporal · April 7, 1971
- GROVER CECIL PIERSON JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE JOE WILSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 112
From Vine Grove
- DOUGLAS ANDREW JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- SYLVAIN LARRY WHITEFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD GREENWELLFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- MARION DAVID POWELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.