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LOUIS ELTON ARMSTEAD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1945 – November 1, 1967
Service recordLouis Elton Armstead, of Edenton, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 107
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 213 AVA CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Edenton, North Carolina (Chowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 107
- CURTIS F WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- HOWARD LYNN BARTLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- EDWARD ALAN BEILFUSS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- MICHAEL E BENNETTSecond Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
From Edenton
- CHARLES WAYNE HUGHESPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JOHN HUTCHINGS WINBORNEFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 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.