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KENNETH DANIEL ARMSTRONG
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1948 – July 11, 1968
Service recordKenneth Daniel Armstrong, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Assistant (62A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 16
- JOHN ELLIS MINCEYCorporal · July 11, 1968
- ERNEST WAYNE RUTHERFORDPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM SHALLERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- BILLY JOE SISCOPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GENE EDWARD FECTEAUPrivate · Panel 52W, Line 14
- ERIC R KOEPPENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 52W, Line 15
From Santa Cruz
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 1968
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.