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JAMES ANTHONY QUINN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 1, 1950 – October 29, 1970
Service recordJames Anthony Quinn, of King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1950
- Home of record
- King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 28
- JUAN FRANCISCO ARANDALance Corporal · October 30, 1970
- CLIFFORD GERALD BURDETTELance Corporal · October 30, 1970
- HAYLEN FOSTER GLENNSergeant · October 30, 1970
- PETER BRUCE STADDONPrivate First Class · October 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY ROBERT MCHUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 27
From King Of Prussia
- SCOTT EDWARD SAYLORSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
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.