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FRANK JOSEPH QUINLAN JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – June 9, 1970
Service recordFrank Joseph Quinlan JR, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 35
- DANIEL JACKSON MCMAHANSergeant · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN OENPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
- JOHN LESLIE RYDERCaptain · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK TOMSICSpecialist Five · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GILBERT JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 33
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.