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ROBERT TRUGLIO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1949 – October 8, 1970
Service recordRobert Truglio, of Ridgewood, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 120
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 120
- DONALD EMERSON SHAY JRMajor · October 8, 1970
- DAVID ARNOLD CONNELStaff Sergeant · October 9, 1970
- GEORGE W DANIELS JRPrivate · October 9, 1970
- FREDERICK AUGUST HOLSTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1970
From Ridgewood
- JOSEPH JOHN SCHUSTERStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1965
- ERIC RIBITSCHPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK PACKARDPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSEPrivate · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ANDREW CARL ANDERSENSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
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.