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JOHN THOMAS TRIVETTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1943 – May 23, 1967
Service recordJohn Thomas Trivette, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 93
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 93
- LAWRENCE NORMAN WELKSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JOHN CALVIN BETTISLance Corporal · May 24, 1967
- CLAYTON HENRY BYERS JRLance Corporal · May 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE MACK GILMERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 90
- DONALD ALVAH SKINNERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 92
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 92
- ROBERT DEWEY THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 92
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
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.