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FERDINAND JOSEPH QUATRONE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1930 – November 1, 1967
Service recordFerdinand Joseph Quatrone, of Orange, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 5
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 8, 1930
- Home of record
- Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29E, Line 5
- LEWIS MILTON OGLESergeant · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS STEPHEN RICHARDSLance Corporal · November 1, 1967
- KARL FRANCIS RYNEARSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- GEORGE BUSTER SULLENS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DON ALBERT HAWKINSSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 3
- FRANK RAY NOESergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 6
- DAVID ALEXANDER WOODSSergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 8
From Orange
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BURTON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS ROGER DEVLINSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- DONALD LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- FRANKLIN CHARLES EUCKERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ANTHONY DERIGGISpecialist Four · September 8, 1966
- ERNEST D FUNICELLI JRCorporal · November 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALLERTON MEADECorporal · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM L HOLLAND JRPrivate · March 12, 1968
- WILLIAM HURLE SATTERFIELDLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES MANIASSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
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.