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GEORGE GUTHRIE TRUELUCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1947 – August 2, 1966
Service recordGeorge Guthrie Trueluck, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 102
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- LARRY ELZA VAN CLINTONCorporal · August 3, 1966
- HENRY LEE CRAMERSergeant · August 3, 1966
- EDWARD TAUL CROOKSStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 95
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 96
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 97
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 98
- MICHAEL T LEDEBURPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 99
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 99
- JUAN MUNOZSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 99
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 100
- DENZIL DALE PETTITPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- ALTON DURHAM PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 102
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.