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EDWARD MENDEZ-QUINTANA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1946 – May 23, 1969
Service recordEdward Mendez-Quintana, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 88
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 88
- ROY C NEWSOMESpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- JOHN DAVID OLENICKSergeant · May 23, 1969
- WILLIAM WHITBY OLSENSergeant · May 23, 1969
- RONALD RAY WARDPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES KUHNCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 86
- JOHN DAVID OLENICKSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 88
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.