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WILLIAM L ARMSTRONG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1945 – February 6, 1966
Service recordWilliam L Armstrong, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 5
- GLENN EDWARD ASMUSSENPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1966
- BENARD JOHN SPARENBERGChief Petty Officer · February 5, 1966
- FRANKLIN GODFREY TODDSergeant · February 5, 1966
- SAMUEL LEE DELLOSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP R LOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 6
- DENNIS LACO MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 7
- WILLIAM JOHN STALNECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 7
- JAMES BAKER WOODS IIICaptain · Panel 5E, Line 8
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 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.