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ABRAHAM TRUJILLO-TRUJILLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1947 – December 14, 1968
Service recordAbraham Trujillo-Trujillo, of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (Rio Grande County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 24
- JOSEPH HENRY HANKS IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1968
- OSCAR ENRIQUE SANABIAPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- GARY ALLEN WARNERPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS WEISSStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1968
From Rio Grande
- MIGUE CASTRO-CARRASQUILLOSergeant · June 2, 1966
- JAIME PARRILLA-CALDERONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- WILFREDO AYALA-REYESSergeant · June 17, 1969
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.