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CARLOS MANUEL QUIROS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1944 – July 5, 1967
Service recordCarlos Manuel Quiros, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 14
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- ERNEST FLOYD PETTYLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- GEORGE ROBERT PFLASTERERSergeant · July 5, 1967
- DANNY PAUL RIESBERGCorporal · July 5, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.