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JASPER H TRUSLEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1949 – June 9, 1969
Service recordJasper H Trusley JR, of Pasco, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 27 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Pasco, Washington (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 9
- RONALD JAMES MATELFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS SPARKSSergeant · June 9, 1969
- DANIEL TUCKER THURSTONSergeant · June 9, 1969
- HECTOR M VALENTIN-PEREZCorporal · June 9, 1969
From Pasco
- JOE ALAN WHITBYSergeant · March 5, 1967
- GUY FRANKLIN BROOKSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- DUANE ROGER COTTINGHAMLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- JOHN JEREMIAH TILLPrivate · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS FORESTERPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- DAVID RAYMOND BRUCELance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- HARRY GREGG FLIEGERSergeant · May 8, 1970
- GARY WAYNE COKLEYSergeant · November 2, 1970
- RONALD KENNETH SCHULZChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 13, 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.