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DAVID JOHN TRBOVICH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1949 – October 15, 1969
Service recordDavid John Trbovich, of Millvale, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Millvale, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 82
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
- TONY ELWOOD SEAYSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- RONDALL PRESTON SPEARSPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- CLYDE W VANVALKENBURG JRPrivate First Class · October 15, 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.