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JOHN FRANCIS QUINN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1950 – April 26, 1969
Service recordJohn Francis Quinn, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 6, 1950
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 56
- RICKEY ALLEN PROCTORSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- SETH EARL RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- DON MARK ROBERTSONLance Corporal · April 26, 1969
- FREDERIC LEE SCHRECONGOSTPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.