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DANNY JOE QUAITE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1950 – March 2, 1970
Service recordDanny Joe Quaite, of Arnold, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 75
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Arnold, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 75
- THOMAS GRANT LOVLEYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- LAVOY DON MCVEYCaptain · March 2, 1970
- WILLIAM JAY PARTINGTONLance Corporal · March 2, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM SKIBBESecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 73
- DANIEL LEON WALLACESpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 76
- HARLEY DAIRREL WHITNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 76
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.