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FRANCISCO QUINTANILLA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 7, 1949 – February 27, 1971
Service recordFrancisco Quintanilla JR, of Mission, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Mission, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1971; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 8
- SHERMAN RAY TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 26, 1971
- DALE ALLEN WALKERPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1971
- RONALD LESTER BABCOCKFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1971
- LARRY GENE LEWISLieutenant · February 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EMILIO NINAISEN NEDEDOGSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 10
From Mission
- MERCEDES PEREZ SALINASStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- CARLOS SAAVEDRA GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1966
- NOE MAGALLANSergeant · September 23, 1966
- RAMON GARZAAirman · July 29, 1967
- WALTER MERL LANKFORD JRCorporal · August 28, 1967
- JESUS MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · December 23, 1968
- JORGE VARGASPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · March 17, 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.