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WILLIAM PRESTON ARMSTRONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1949 – August 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Preston Armstrong, of Jacksonville, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 52
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)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Texas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 52
- EDWARD MICHAEL MAHER JRFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1968
- AL DEWITT MEMORYPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CHARLES HEWETT MILLNERPrivate · August 2, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE MORTONLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
From Jacksonville
- HENRY LON TURNCorporal · May 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- GEORGE L BARBER IIICaptain · March 4, 1968
- CHARLIE RAY MCDONALDSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- LEE ROY NOLLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- RONALD S ATHANASIOUPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1970
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.