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JOHN JAMES QUICK
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1947 – September 30, 1968
Service recordJohn James Quick, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 50
- FREDERICK PAUL RHOADESCorporal · September 30, 1968
- HARRISON BENJAMIN SHAUGERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- GARY ROBERT SHEPPERDSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 30, 1968
- TIMOTHY DAVID SINESSergeant · September 30, 1968
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 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.