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FRANCISCO M TRUJILLO
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 7, 1948 – December 2, 1969
Service recordFrancisco M Trujillo, of Livingston, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Livingston, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 19
- LYLE FRANCIS KELLCorporal · December 2, 1969
- EDWARD LEON NEALSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
- ALFRED PICKARDPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- RUSSELL THOMAS PICKERINGSecond Lieutenant · December 2, 1969
From Livingston
- PETER JOSEPH GALLOFirst Lieutenant · March 30, 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.