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ROBERT LAURENCE ARMOND
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 14, 1935 – June 18, 1965
Service recordRobert Laurence Armond, of San Mateo, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 14, 1935
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 13
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- JOE CARROL ROBERTSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- MELVIN HAROLD SUTHONSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
From San Mateo
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 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.