Philip McCutcheon Armstrong, Jr. Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy |
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Armstrong was killed-in-action while serving as Executive Officer of the
USS Liberty, which was bombed by Israeli planes June 8, 1967 while monitoring
radar-radio traffic during Israeli-Arab War in Middle East.
Thirteen other members of the crew in common grave as they were individually unidentifiable. The Commander was born on 4 July 1929 at Detroit, Michigan, and had been on active duty since 5 June 1953. His wife Marie Kearney Armstrong, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died in 1988 of cancer. He was mortally wounded near the bridge of Liberty while attempting to extinguish a large fire. He died about 4 hours later in the battle dressing station. He posthumously received the Navy Cross for heroism during battle. Commander Armstrong was uried in Arlington National Cemetery, Section 3, Grave 2096-X, with military honors. 
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