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STANLEY WILLIAM ARMENTROUT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1948 – November 16, 1968
Service recordStanley William Armentrout, of Rittman, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 72
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Rittman, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 72
- LARRY ROGER WOOLRIDGEPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- ROBERT F BALSLEY JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COPLEYStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- EDDIE CLAUDE KIMBLESergeant · November 16, 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.