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MIGUEL TREJO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1946 – October 22, 1965
Service recordMiguel Trejo, of Granger, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 131
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Granger, Texas (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 131
- JIMMIE LLOYD MCBYNUMStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- MILTON LEE OLIVE IIIPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- THOMAS WILSON PUSSERCaptain · October 22, 1965
From Granger
- JHUE FRANK PRICEPrivate First Class · May 11, 1965
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.