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BYRON DEAN MCQUINN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 29, 1949 – February 24, 1969
Service recordByron Dean McQuinn, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31W, Line 38
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1969
- JIMMY LEE MYERSSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- JAMES NICKENSStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES ODLEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
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.