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ROCKY D ARMSTEAD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 30, 1946 – October 5, 1969
Service recordRocky D Armstead, of Monahans, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 39
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Monahans, Texas (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 39
- STEVEN ERNEST ARNOLDSpecialist Five · October 5, 1969
- JAMES ATKINSLance Corporal · October 5, 1969
- WALTER BARTASCHSpecialist Five · October 5, 1969
- DARRELL GENE BATTINConstructionman · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ORVAL ARTHUR BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 38
- STEVEN ERNEST ARNOLDSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 39
- HUBERT DANIEL SUTTONSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 40
From Monahans
- ROLAND ALBERT NIELSENSpecialist Five · October 4, 1967
- WAYLAND KENT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- ROBERT LEON CARMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1968
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.