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THEODORE ALLEN TROCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1949 – September 19, 1969
Service recordTheodore Allen Trock, of Lansing, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 115
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Lansing, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 115
- CLYDE WILLIAM SAUNDERSSpecialist Five · September 19, 1969
- J LYNN STENHOUSE JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- ROBERT LEE TUELL IIICorporal · September 19, 1969
- CHARLES HERMAN WRIGHTCorporal · September 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LAWRENCE GUTKECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 113
From Lansing
- RONALD LEE BEUSTERCorporal · February 4, 1966
- RICHARD GLEN SCHROEDERPetty Officer Third Class · July 14, 1966
- CHARLES LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- ALBERT C BROSEWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- DANNY JOSEPH CORRIGANCorporal · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN FEDEROWSKICorporal · May 24, 1968
- GENE LEWIS WHITESergeant · April 3, 1969
- ANDREW ROBERT SABOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- DONALD GENE DISSELKOENCorporal · June 5, 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.