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ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 3, 1939 – October 24, 1964
Service recordRobert George Armstrong, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1964, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 67
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 3, 1939
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1964
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 67
- JAMES ALPHONSE RIALChief Petty Officer · October 22, 1964
- ROLLIN CHESLEY SARGENT JRMaster Sergeant · October 22, 1964
- HERMAN TOWERYCaptain · October 22, 1964
- VALMORE WILLIAM BOURQUECaptain · October 24, 1964
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
- GERALD MICHAEL ROMANOLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
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.