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EARL THOMAS QUILLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1948 – March 17, 1969
Service recordEarl Thomas Quillen, of Hohenwald, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 62
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Hohenwald, Tennessee (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 62
- DAVID THOMAS DINAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1969
- JOHN ANDREW LESTELLE IIPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- RAIMUNDO MARQUEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JOHN LEONARD RUETHSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS MARTIN BECKMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 58
- JOSEPH WILLIAM HUDSONCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 61
- DELMER VIRGIL ASHBROOKSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 65
From Hohenwald
- SAMMY L BREWERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- PRENTICE J BENNETTCorporal · July 17, 1968
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.