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BOBBY JOE QUINN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1943 – January 9, 1967
Service recordBobby Joe Quinn, of Morristown, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 2
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Morristown, Tennessee (Hamblen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 2
- LARRY JOSEPH NEHRINGLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
- DONALD RADFORD ROBERSONPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- CECIL TRUMAN THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAYMOND ARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 129
- TOM FLANAGANSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 130
- NATHAN EUGENE CHATMONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- CARLYLE LEROY GOULDSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- DAVID B MERRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 1
- VERN LEE PRAYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 3
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 3
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 3
From Morristown
- ARTHUR WAYNE GLOVERSpecialist Four · February 9, 1964
- ROY EDWARD SOUTHERLANDFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIAM BLAIR REAMS JRMajor · November 11, 1968
- CHESTER ANDREW MOLLEYSecond Lieutenant · April 23, 1969
- JIMMY DARRELL COURTNEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL COUCHLance Corporal · September 10, 1973
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.