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JOSEPH FELIX TRUJILLO
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1946 – September 3, 1966
Service recordJoseph Felix Trujillo, of Deming, New Mexico, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on September 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Deming, New Mexico (Luna County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 3, 1966
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 67
- DONALD RICHARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
From Deming
- STEVE GONZALES DURANHospitalman · August 18, 1965
- KURT BYRON PEARSONCorporal · October 14, 1967
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- SAMUEL JOHN NUNNPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- RICHARD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- CLOVIS LEE MAYSergeant · May 22, 1969
- VICTOR MUNOZ ROMANSpecialist Four · June 28, 1969
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1970
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.