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ARCHIE EDWARD TRIMM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1949 – June 5, 1970
Service recordArchie Edward Trimm, of Colton, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Colton, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 17
- RONALD ALEX STALEYStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1970
- STEVEN RUSSELL STEFANSKISergeant · June 5, 1970
- ALFRED FRANCIS WIGGINS JRPrivate · June 5, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD BECKLEYSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK BRYANCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 12
- VERNON FLETCHER HOVEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 14
- RANDY LEE MASTSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 15
- CHARLES A RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 16
- RONALD ALEX STALEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 17
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.