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CULLEN WOOD QUIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 5, 1947 – February 16, 1968
Service recordCullen Wood Quin, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường 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 39E, Line 65
- ROGER DALE PYNEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHN HENRY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- JOHN KENNETH RIPELPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RANDALL LEROY SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR TIMOTHY FRILEYCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 59
- DERYL RAY GARVICKSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 59
- GARY DALE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 61
- GERALD LEE MILBRODTPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 63
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.