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JOHN PHILIP QUINN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1948 – September 1, 1971
Service recordJohn Philip Quinn JR, of Peabody, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Peabody, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 7
- FREDERIC C SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · August 31, 1971
- EDWARD MARC GARCIASergeant · September 1, 1971
- LARRY JOHN KLUEVERCaptain · September 1, 1971
- ARTHUR TOMASCHEKCaptain · September 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JOHN KLUEVERCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 7
- ARTHUR TOMASCHEKCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 7
From Peabody
- LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1965
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- RALPH WARREN MANEYSergeant · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE ROSSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- RICHARD LANE COTTERSecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOISWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1969
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 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.