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ADRIAN ALLEN QUICK JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1930 – February 7, 1968
Service recordAdrian Allen Quick JR, of Bolivar, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Telecommunications Operations Chief (31Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1930
- Home of record
- Bolivar, New York (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 11
- RONALD ROBERT PRATHER JRSergeant · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT LEE QUICKPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- VERNON CHESTER RANDOLPHCorporal · February 7, 1968
- GUIDO SILVESTRO REALI JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH A EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 82
- BOYD JEFFERY NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 8
- SAMUEL LUVENE SQUARRELLSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 15
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 18
- EVERETT ALBERT WYATT JRSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 19
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.