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RICHARD TOBY TRUJILLO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1945 – June 7, 1966
Service recordRichard Toby Trujillo, of Kearns, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Kearns, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 19
- WENDELL OLIVER CHATFIELDPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE CHRISTIEPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- REUBEN L CLARK JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- ROGER LEROY CONNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
From Kearns
- CURTIS BURKE BUGGERPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- BILL NORMAN DALTONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MICHAEL MARSHALL CLAYTONLance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- DOUGLAS JOHN SOMMERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN BROWNCorporal · April 27, 1970
- LEWIS RICKEY YATESSergeant · February 7, 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.