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LEVI LESTER ARMSTRONG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1951 – August 10, 1969
Service recordLevi Lester Armstrong, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Cottage Grove, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 121
- ALBERTO TORRES ANZALDUASergeant · August 10, 1969
- RONALD LEE BERRYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD CARTERSergeant First Class · August 10, 1969
- SAM CATALANO JRLance Corporal · August 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DEAN SNYDERCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 127
From Cottage Grove
- GARY MELVIN LADDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HUBERT CLARENCE VANPOLLStaff Sergeant · June 15, 1967
- BILLIE E SANDEFURFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- LAWRENCE EUGENE HECKMANCorporal · February 1, 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.