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EARL QUINNON QUARTERMAN
Private · U.S. Army
April 30, 1948 – February 9, 1967
Service recordEarl Quinnon Quarterman, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 12
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 12
- JOHN CHARLES HOWLANDSergeant · February 9, 1967
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- OLLIE TUCKERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH VITANZASergeant · February 9, 1967
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.