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JOHN MICHAEL TREJO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – January 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Trejo, of Pomona, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 11
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 11
- DEANE ARTHUR TAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- TIMOTHY MARTIN TELLEFSENCorporal · January 15, 1969
- LARRY BENJAMIN THOMASSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- CHARLES FREDERICK WADEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 8
- WILLIAM CRAIG OLSONSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 9
- MARVIN FRANCIS WEHRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 12
- MARION WITHERSPOONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 12
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 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.