Vallo Truumees, 71, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who later became an official with the Defense Technology Security Administration, died May 18 while vacationing in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He had diabetes and congestive heart failure. Col. Truumees was born in Kurresaare, Estonia, and spent seven years as a child in a displaced persons’ camp in Germany. He came to the United States in 1951 and grew up in Seabrook, N.J. He graduated from the Citadel in Charleston, S.C., and served 22 years as an Army officer, including two tours in Vietnam and two tours in Germany. He received a master’s degree in international relations from Boston University in the early 1970s. After retiring from the Army in 1983, he spent 18 years with the Defense Technology Security Administration, retiring in 2001 as deputy director of trade security policy. Col. Truumees lived in Fairfax Station and was a member of veterans’ groups and the Citadel alumni organization. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Sigrid Truumees of Fairfax Station; two sons, Marc Truumees of Huntsville, Ala., and Eeric Truumees of Royal Oak, Mich.; and four grandchildren. Tags: 1960
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