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DENNIS ARTHUR TRIMBLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 29, 1946 – May 12, 1967
Service recordDennis Arthur Trimble, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 102
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT VANCEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- JAMES ERVIN WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WILSONLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ABRAHAM PANGANORANStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 99
- LOREN MICHAEL SCHMITZPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 100
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 100
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT VANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 102
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.