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DARRELL LYNN TRUMBLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1947 – August 13, 1968
Service recordDarrell Lynn Trumble, of Vidor, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Vidor, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 9
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- ALLEN LEA WARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LEON DAVID WILLARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1968
From Vidor
- EMMETT HARVEY HORNSergeant · December 23, 1964
- VANNY CHRIS MAHANAPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- DON WAYNE MINTONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- DONALD JEANE SWEATStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- LEE ALBERT KEITHCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN ALVERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 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.