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TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1949 – February 13, 1970
Service recordTrinidad Gutierrez Prieto, of Azusa, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 6
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Azusa, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 6
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1970
- JESUS JAMES MEZASpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- JAMES OSCAR OLZER JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- CHARLES E SMELTZER IIISergeant · February 13, 1970
- CHARLES GORDON THORNECaptain · February 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE HAUGStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 5
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 6
From Azusa
- FRED LEWIS PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE WASHBURNSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- RONNY LEROY PALMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- FRANK GONZALES ROMOSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT GEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- FAGALII LAITA LEATUTUFUStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- JOE LUNA JRSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- WILLIAM EARVIN PIERCELance Corporal · February 13, 1971
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.