Gabriel Trujillo
Sergeant
L CO, 75TH INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV Army of the United States Raton, New Mexico March 09, 1950 to February 15, 1971 GABRIEL TRUJILLO is on the Wall at Panel W5, Line 110 |
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REMEMBEREDby a home-town friend,Jerry Sandoval jb52@earthlink.net |
A Note from The Virtual WallSeven men died in the crash of a UH-1H helicopter (tail number 68-16554) from B Troop, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry:
The flight back to Camp Eagle was in instrument conditions. As the aircraft approached Camp Eagle, the pilot reported vertigo and turned control over to the copilot. A normal ground-controlled approach (GCA) was established with the aircraft proceeding inbound until about the three-mile point, where the aircraft descended below glide slope in a right turn and disappeared from the GCA controller's radar scope. At about 1952 hours the aircraft impacted nose-low, broke up, and burned. There were no survivors. According to an informal report, the dangling McGuire rig had caught in trees and pulled the aircraft to earth. Sergeant Trujillo's brother, PVT Paul Trujillo, died in Vietnam on 04 Nov 1971. |
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