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PAUL TRUJILLO
Private · U.S. Army
February 25, 1943 – November 4, 1971
Service recordPaul Trujillo, of Raton, New Mexico, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 62
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Raton, New Mexico (Colfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 62
- JOHN DANIEL SHEWMAKE SRSergeant First Class · November 3, 1970
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · November 3, 1970
- MARTIN MENDOZA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · November 4, 1971
- LEROY WHITE JRSergeant · November 5, 1971
From Raton
- ANTONIO RIBERAPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- SAM CRUZSpecialist Four · October 12, 1967
- GABRIEL TRUJILLOSergeant · February 15, 1971
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.