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GARY LEON TRUJILLO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 2, 1949 – November 29, 1967
Service recordGary Leon Trujillo, of Grand Junction, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 7
- KENNETH ALLEN ROELance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR SNOOKSpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
- DANIEL SCOTT STEELEWarrant Officer 1 · November 29, 1967
- CLARENCE JAMES TIFFANYCorporal · November 29, 1967
From Grand Junction
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- LEROY FRED DELGADO JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · April 19, 1968
- PHILIP DENNIS MILLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GOBBOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · March 12, 1970
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 1971
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.