SP4 Woodrow N Trissel Jr.

Company B 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/24/69

 

 

Age: 20
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Sep 30, 1948
From: MUNCIE, IN
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single
SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11C20: Indirect Fire Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Nov 26, 1968
Casualty was on Jun 24, 1969
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER ACCIDENT
Body was recovered

Panel 21W - Line 10

 

Woodrow Trissell was killed in an explosion of a sling load of ammunition at grid reference ZA053938,
approximately 2 kilometers east/northeast of Polei Kleng airfield.

 

 

 

SP4 Woodrow N. Trissel Jr.'s decorations

 

 

Woody Trissell in Vietnam

Photo from the 1st Battalion 1969 Yearbook

 

 

 




Article courtesy of Woody Trissell's nephew Jeremy

 

 

 

Woody Trissell in Elementary School

Courtesy of Woody Trissell's nephew Jeremy

 

 

Woody Trissell's Elementary School class
Woody is in the center of the photo, below and just to the right of George Washington's portrait.

Courtesy of Woody Trissell's nephew Jeremy

 

 

 

 

 

Burial:
Elm Ridge Memorial Park
Muncie
Delaware County
Indiana, USA

 

Grave marker for Woodrow N. Trissel Jr.

 

 

 

Grave marker for Woodrow N. Trissel Jr.

 

 

 

Grave marker for Woodrow N. Trissel Jr.

Photo courtesy of Joey Mishler, Elm Ridge Funeral Home

 

 

 

 

 

 

For a tribute to Woodrow N. Trissell Jr. click on the following link:

Together We Served

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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