Vietnam War
Unit | 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division |
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Rank | Staff Sergeant U.S. Army |
Entered Service From | Santa Fe New Mexico |
Date of Death | January 7 1968 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Staff Sergeant Trujillo was a rifleman with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On January 7, 1968, he was on a combat operation near the border of Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces in South Vietnam. He was last seen advancing with the armored personnel carriers attached to his unit. He was listed as Missing in Action. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.