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JOHN ARNOLD QUINN
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 29, 1940 – October 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Arnold Quinn, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 31
- RONALD LEE MUNSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- KENNETH MORTON PRENTICEPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
- BILLY JOE RENFROWSergeant · October 2, 1969
- FIDEL GARCIA SALAZARPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 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.