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JESUS AQUININGO QUIDACHAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1941 – March 31, 1968
Service recordJesus Aquiningo Quidachay, of Umatac, Guam, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Umatac, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 26
- EZEKIEL PAIGESergeant · March 31, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- RICKEY LEE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- WALTER RODERICK RIGGSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDUARDO ARANDA-SANTOSSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 19
- DEAN HARRY BURNSPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 20
From Umatac
- JOSE QUINATA AGUONPlatoon Sergeant · June 2, 1968
- GEORGE SANTIAGO SANCHEZCorporal · February 1, 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.