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DICKIE DAVIS TRINKLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1945 – May 9, 1966
Service recordDickie Davis Trinkler, of Piedmont, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Born
- October 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Piedmont, Missouri (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 43
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- FERNANDO OLIVAS MESQUITAPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- HERBERT NORMAN ADAMSSpecialist Five · May 10, 1966
From Piedmont
- JAMES WILLIAM WEBB JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 26, 1968
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.