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RAYMOND ANTHONY TRUJILLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1952 – November 28, 1971
Service recordRaymond Anthony Trujillo, of La Puente, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 80
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1952
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1971; 34 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 80
- WILLIAM DARRELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
- CARL LEE THORNTONStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1971
- GARY DUANE WILSONPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
- JOHN EDWARD WINDFELDERSpecialist Five · November 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 74
- VINCENT BERNALPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 74
- RONALD DEE CARLETONSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 74
- JERALD WAYNE CARTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 74
- BILLY RAY COFFEYSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 75
- HOWARD LEBRON COLBAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 75
- MICHAEL ALAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 75
- RICHARD EUGENE GARRETSONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 75
- JOHN HENRY HAREPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 75
- WILL ROY DANTZLERSpecialist Six · Panel 2W, Line 76
- JOEL STEVENS IVEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 76
- TERRY GUS KUGLERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 76
- ROBERT JOSEPH LADENSACKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 76
- ARCHIE THOMAS LUCYSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 77
- GEORGE PAUL MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 77
- ALPHONZA MASONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 77
- MICHAEL OWEN MAYBEECorporal · Panel 2W, Line 77
- ROBERT DEE MAYNARDSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 77
- STEVEN JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 78
- MARTIN KEITH NISKANENCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 78
- DANIEL EUGENE NYEStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 78
- WILLIE JAMES OAKSPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 78
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 78
- OSCAR PAULLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 79
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.