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WILLIAM ROBERT TRUSTY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1941 – February 24, 1968
Service recordWilliam Robert Trusty JR, of Eldorado, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Eldorado, Illinois (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 13
- TERRY WAYNE SUTTONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- JULIUS NICHOLAS SZAHLENDERSpecialist Five · February 24, 1968
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- M B WALKER JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JULIUS NICHOLAS SZAHLENDERSpecialist Five · Panel 41E, Line 13
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.