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DANIEL QUINN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1929 – December 3, 1967
Service recordDaniel Quinn, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 30
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1929
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 30
- LAWRENCE E LEIBAPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- DWAYNE MAXIFIEL PATTERSONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- JOHN RONALD RUOHOPetty Officer First Class · December 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROSS ALLEN DYKEMASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 29
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 29
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 30
- DWAYNE MAXIFIEL PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 30
- WILLIAM WILLAR STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 31
- OTIS FRANKLIN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 31
- WALTER LEON TILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 31
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.