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TRENT RICHARD POWERS
Captain · U.S. Navy
August 24, 1930 – October 31, 1965
Service recordTrent Richard Powers, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on October 31, 1965, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- August 24, 1930
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 31, 1965
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 10
- CARRIER PIERREPrivate First Class · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE THOMAS SAUNDERS JRStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- ALTON EUGENE BAKERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- WAYNE ASHLEY BALMERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
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.