Armstrong, Victor Carl

Name and Rank, Private Victor Carl Armstrong.

Unit/Placed in, 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 3th Armored Division (Spearhead).

Victor was born on June 4, 1920 in Illinois.

Father, John Franklin Armstrong.

Mother, Samilda Ellen (Harding) Armstrong.

Sister, Ruth M. Armstrong.

Victor enlisted in the Service in Scott field, Illinois on Feb. 4, 1942 ,with serial number, #36054459.

Victor was a Private/Medic in the 67th Armored Field artillery Battalion.

Victor was killed in action while giving aid to the GI’s at Chatillon Sur Colmont, France on Aug. 10, 1944 (nearby the Town of Mayenne D-Day region) and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Victor was first buried at buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

And was reburied in 1950 at the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Saint Francisville, Laurence County, Illinois.

Thanks to http://www.36air-ad.com/names/serial/36054459

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3DQ-1ZB

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano