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ROBERT ERNEST TRIGALET
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1944 – May 2, 1969
Service recordRobert Ernest Trigalet, of Bristow, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 104
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- June 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Bristow, Oklahoma (Creek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 104
- WILLIAM PHILIP THOMASPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- STEPHEN AUGUST VIX JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- DENNIS RICHARD WAGIESergeant · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS WALTERSLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
From Bristow
- JOHN BENNIE LASKEYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE CALDWELLCorporal · March 19, 1970
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.