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SHERMAN FELTON ARMSTRONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1949 – August 14, 1970
Service recordSherman Felton Armstrong, of Poteau, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 110
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Poteau, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 110
- GORDON SCOTT WISESpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
- WILLIAM EMMETT BARRITTSpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BRENTONSpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
- DENNIS HALDANE HERRICKSpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 111
- FRANKLIN KING NELSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 111
- HECTOR DAVID OYOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 111
- DUANE EVERETT WALDRONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 112
From Poteau
- STANLEY GENE CROCKETTSergeant · January 2, 1971
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.