RANGERS 2 Trujillo, Gabriel

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Trujillo ​

• FORENAME

Gabriel ​

• UNIT

Company L (Ranger),75th Infantry ​

• RANK

Specialist Fourth Class​

• NUMBER

585424784 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th February 1971 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

Fairmont Cemetery,Raton,Colfax County,New Mexico 4-7-15​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Raton,New Mexico​

born 9.3.1950​

brother of Paul Trujillo,died (non hostile) 4.11.1971 as Private 2 Bn 32 Artillery Regiment​

single​

entered service 1970​

awards Bronze Star,Army Commendation Medal​

promoted Sgt posthumously​

KIA in helicopter crash Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 05W Line 110 ​

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Sgt. Gabriel Trujillo was a passenger and was killed when he crashed 2 miles out on radar approach to Phu Bai after night MEDEVAC. Patient was attached to ropes hanging below Four crewmen and three passengers were killed in the loss. Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 68-16554 (B Troop 2 Squadron 17 Cavalry)​

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