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THOMAS MICHAEL TROTTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1942 – June 1, 1969
Service recordThomas Michael Trotter, of Carthage, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Adjutant Or Adjutant General (2110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- March 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Carthage, Illinois (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 40
- RICHARD JACOB SIGWORTHPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- JAMES MARTIN STOTTSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1969
- ALBERT B WASHINGTON JRCorporal · June 1, 1969
- BLAIR CECIL WILKEYPrivate First Class · June 1, 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.