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REXIE LEO ARMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1945 – November 15, 1966
Service recordRexie Leo Armes, of Wartburg, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 72
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Wartburg, Tennessee (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 72
- WILLY SCOTT BAKERChief Petty Officer · November 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM BRUHNWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1966
- HARRY M RAVENNA IIIMajor · November 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TED WANE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 76
From Wartburg
- ROBERT ALAN LOVELACEFirst Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE VAUGHNCorporal · September 27, 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.