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JOHN LEROY TRUESDELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1949 – March 20, 1971
Service recordJohn Leroy Truesdell, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 62
- VERNON GLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1971
- RICK E MCFARLANDCorporal · March 20, 1971
- WILLIAM EARL ROYALChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 20, 1971
- JAMES DANIEL SCHOOLEYSergeant · March 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JACK LAMAR BARKERMajor · Panel 4W, Line 59
- JOHN JACOBSEN CHUBBPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 60
- WILLIAM EDWARD DILLENDERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 60
- JOHN FRANCIS DUGANCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 60
- RONALD DEAN KARAUSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 61
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 1968
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.