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THOMAS LEE TROELSTRUP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1946 – January 2, 1967
Service recordThomas Lee Troelstrup, of Hemet, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 2 BN 34 ARM 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Hemet, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 111
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- JOHN HENRY OBRIENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH SCANLANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- ELMER FRANK SPINAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
From Hemet
- DAVID WAYNE MCCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- KENNETH RAYMOND LEACHWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1969
- GUS BLAKELY ROBINSONCaptain · April 12, 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.