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WILLIAM OWEN TRUJILLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1948 – July 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Owen Trujillo, of North Vernon, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- North Vernon, Indiana (Jennings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 12
- KENNETH WAYNE ECKMANCorporal · July 10, 1968
- GARY LEE STROUSESergeant · July 10, 1968
- ROBERT VIRTUS TILLOTSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- LARRY GEORGE TREVARTONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MONTE EUGENE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 10
From North Vernon
- MICHAEL DAN EULERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- STEVEN ERNEST LUCASSpecialist Four · October 3, 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.