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GUILLERMO TRUJIL BONILLAS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
June 26, 1932 – July 4, 1966
Service recordGuillermo Trujil Bonillas, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 4, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 130
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- June 26, 1932
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 130
- RAYMOND CARSON GRIFFITHSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL RICHARDSONCorporal · July 4, 1966
- ELMER WAYNE SCARBOROUGHPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.