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ROBERT DALE ARMSTRONG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1950 – January 16, 1969
Service recordRobert Dale Armstrong, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 14
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, Tennessee (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 14
- JOHN CLAUD DEATONSpecialist Five · January 16, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT DEWSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- RICHARD LEE DIXONSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- JUAN VARGAS ESTRADACorporal · January 16, 1969
From Fayetteville
- ROBERT D WILLIAMS JRCorporal · February 26, 1966
- STANLEY HOUSTON SULLIVANPrivate First Class · July 4, 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.