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GREGORIO TRUJILLO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1941 – December 4, 1966
Service recordGregorio Trujillo JR, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 13
- CLIFFORD NICKLEBERRYSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- CURTIS JOHN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- LARRY M BARNHILLPrivate First Class · December 5, 1966
- BURRISS NELSON BEGLEYColonel · December 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM VINCENT SHORTSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 12
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.