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JACOB ROMO TRUJILLO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1945 – August 5, 1968
Service recordJacob Romo Trujillo, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 17
- DANNY WEST JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- HERMAN WILLIAM SCHERMANNSergeant · August 5, 1968
- IRVING BURR TCHAKIRIDESGunnery Sergeant · August 5, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 1968
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGSergeant · August 5, 1968
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.