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RICHARD TED ARMSTRONG
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1933 – June 12, 1966
Service recordRichard Ted Armstrong, of Vale, North Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 41
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 26, 1933
- Home of record
- Vale, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 8E, Line 41
- DENNIS RICHARD TABORCorporal · June 11, 1966
- JOHN ROY THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- J C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
From Vale
- HAROLD EUGENE WILKINSSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- GARY EUGENE MCCASLINPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- CHARLES MILTON HOUSERMajor · October 13, 1967
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.