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DOUGLAS EARL TROTTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1950 – December 31, 1971
Service recordDouglas Earl Trotter, of Yakima, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 94
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Yakima, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 94
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · January 1, 1972
- CHARLES MANUWAHL KALANISpecialist Four · January 1, 1972
- ROBERT OLIVER BAKER JRCaptain · January 2, 1972
- BEDFORD LEE DRINNONSergeant · January 3, 1972
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RONALD EGGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 93
From Yakima
- LARRY BYRON MCCLANAHANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- GARY LEWIS COLOMBOCorporal · March 6, 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.