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MICHAEL PATRICK TROLIA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1947 – August 26, 1968
Service recordMichael Patrick Trolia, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Oak Lawn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 35
- ROBERT JAMES TWISTPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- BILLY RAY VENABLESergeant · August 26, 1968
- VERNON MARTIN WALLACELance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- PHILIP WARREN WEAVERCorporal · August 26, 1968
From Oak Lawn
- TERRENCE LEE SOUHRADAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- STEPHEN FRANK JALLOWAYSergeant · December 15, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL GILGENBERGLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- WARREN OWINGS KENEIPP JRCaptain · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD FRANCIS FORDAirman First Class · July 5, 1967
- BOBBY DANIEL MATHENYStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- JOSEPH SALVATORE PERYSIANSeaman · March 14, 1968
- RONALD LEE ZACHSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- THOMAS STEPHEN COLELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- WILLIAM HARLEY GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 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.