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LARRY HUGH TRUSSELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1950 – February 1, 1970
Service recordLarry Hugh Trussell, of Forest Grove, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 91
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Forest Grove, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 91
- FRANCIS MONROE ALLEN JRCorporal · February 1, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- BERNARD RUSSELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FORDSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 89
- WILLIAM KENNETH GARRITYPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 89
- RONALD EUGENE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 91
From Forest Grove
- DOUGLAS CRAIG CONDITMajor · November 26, 1967
- ARTHUR GARRY SCHAUERMANNCorporal · April 30, 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.