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ROYCE WILLIAM TRUSSELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1948 – December 8, 1969
Service recordRoyce William Trussell JR, of Pomona, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 40
- GERALD RAYDINE ROSSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1969
- KENNETH BRUCE SESSUMSSergeant · December 8, 1969
- TERRIL WAYDE SNELSONPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- FLOYD G TALLEYSpecialist Five · December 8, 1969
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 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.