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MICHAEL DAVID ARMSTRONG
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1948 – September 22, 1968
Service recordMichael David Armstrong, of Cridersville, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 59
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Cridersville, Ohio (Auglaize County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 59
- DONNY RAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
- DAVID LEE WHITESpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- MICHAEL NILE ANDERSENPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
From Cridersville
- GORDON SHEPHERDLance Corporal · March 17, 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.