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VICTOR DAVID TRUJILLO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1940 – August 19, 1968
Service recordVictor David Trujillo, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 5
- RALPH WILLIAM MILBOURNESergeant First Class · August 19, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT VEARAFirst Sergeant · August 19, 1968
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- JONAS BENFORDPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 51
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DEORIO JRCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 53
- JAMES JOSEPH HEFNERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 55
- RALPH WILLIAM MILBOURNESergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 5
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.