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ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1947 – February 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Laymon Armitage, of Everett, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 115
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 115
- MORTON ELMER TOWNES JRFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1967
- ROBERT DENNIS WARECorporal · February 3, 1967
- DAN THOMAS WASHINGTONLance Corporal · February 3, 1967
- DAVID WILBERT WEHRSSergeant · February 3, 1967
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK PELTONCorporal · September 10, 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.