Joel Thomas Armstrong was the son of John Thomas Armstrong and Mary Geneva Rayburn. He was a member of Manilla Lodge No. 633, F&AM and a graduate of Englewood High School and Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens. He was very prominent in church activities. Before entering the service he was a teacher in McMinn County Schools, also employed by the Aluminum Co. at Alcoa. He was survived by his parents and his brother Lowell.
S/Sgt Armstrong was killed in action in Falmouth, England. He is buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, Englewood, McMinn County, Tennessee.
- Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Date of birth: 14 November 1917
- Date of death: 30 May 1944
- County: McMinn
- Hometown: Englewood
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 625th Ordnance Ammunition Company
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Mars Hill Cemetery, Englewood, McMinn County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XV, Bottom Panel
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