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DOUGLAS FRANK QUINN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1946 – September 16, 1966
Service recordDouglas Frank Quinn, of Eureka, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 102
- LARRY JAMES BAKERPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- ROBERT WILCOX MOODYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAVID LEE OCONNORCorporal · September 16, 1966
- JOHN ONOFRE OQUENDO JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
From Eureka
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
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.