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STANLEY HERBERT TRYGG JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – November 14, 1970
Service recordStanley Herbert Trygg JR, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 61
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · November 14, 1970
- RAE KELLAND RIPPETOELance Corporal · November 14, 1970
- BENIGNO ZAMUDIO JRSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- CLARENCE R PRITCHARD JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL THOMAS COESergeant · Panel 6W, Line 58
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 59
- FREDRICK JOSEPH HUGHESCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 60
- MICHAEL CHARLES JENSENCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 60
- JAMES MICHAEL MEEHANSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 60
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 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.