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PEKKA TRUNKHAHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1945 – May 16, 1966
Service recordPekka Trunkhahn, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 66
- LOUIS G TURNERSergeant · May 16, 1966
- THOMAS H WELSHSergeant First Class · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK WILBERLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- ARTIS WESLEY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
From Kenosha
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE D NOVAKOVICSpecialist Four · March 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.