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WILLIAM DERRILL TRENT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1948 – May 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam Derrill Trent, of East Peoria, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- East Peoria, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 11
- DONALD WALTER SPERLCorporal · May 8, 1968
- LLOYD EUGENE TRIBBETTPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1968
- ROBERT ERVIN TUTTLESecond Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM VIKTORYN JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
From East Peoria
- CARL RAY BARNHARTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- BERNARD CHARLES MATTSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JOHN EMORY MILESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- BENJAMIN H BINEGAR JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- RUSSELL EUGENE MOKEFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · October 12, 1970
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.