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JAMES JOSEPH QUINN III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1950 – October 17, 1970
Service recordJames Joseph Quinn III, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 5
- GARY WAYNE ENGELHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 17, 1970
- WILBERT EARL JONESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- WILLIAM MAX KOTNIKSergeant · October 17, 1970
- GUY LAMAR MEARS JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAMSEY BREGLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 4
- GARY WAYNE ENGELHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 5
- WILLIAM MAX KOTNIKSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 5
- JOHN CARL ZAGERCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 6
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
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.