Manuel Trujillo

World War II
Service #20843177
Unit200th Coast Artillery Regiment
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From New Mexico
Date of DeathJuly 26 1942
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Private First Class Mauel Trujillo were accounted for in 2023. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Manila American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.