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TOMMY LEE TRIMBLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – March 12, 1969
Service recordTommy Lee Trimble, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 25
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
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 25
- ROBERT EVERETT SPIRESSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- GERALD LEROY THARPPrivate · March 12, 1969
- TYRONE GARY THOMANSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RICHARD LEWIS THOMPSON JRLance Corporal · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH TURRIPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 26
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
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.