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ALAN ROBERT TRENT
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 22, 1940 – May 13, 1970
Service recordAlan Robert Trent, of Wadsworth, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 13, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 480 TFS 12 TFW
- Born
- May 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Wadsworth, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “480 TFS 12 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 37
- RAYMOND JOSEPH SOUZACorporal · May 13, 1970
- DONALD RICHARD WHITEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
- DAVID FRANCIS WINDERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
- ROBERT TINSLEY WOODFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ERIC JAMES HUBERTHCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 33
From Wadsworth
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE BOWMANSergeant · January 2, 1968
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DANIEL KIETH CHRISTIANLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES FERGUSONSecond Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- DAVID ARTHUR MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HUFFLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
- RONALD LEE VANDUZERCorporal · June 23, 1969
- JAMES ROGER CLARKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- SIDNEY EARL ROHLERCorporal · March 28, 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.