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JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1946 – July 9, 1966
Service recordJohn Quincy Quesenberry, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 12
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- WALLACE HYMANSergeant · July 9, 1966
- BOBBY KINGSergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD HARVEY MOSESFireman Apprentice · July 9, 1966
- ELVIN PRICESergeant · July 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 8
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 8
- STANLEY WELLINGTON BAKERSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 9
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 9
- JAMES DWIGHT BENWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 9
- HANS KARL BRETSCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 9
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 10
- CHARLES ODEN DEJEAN IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 10
- EMMETT ARTHUR DOUGANSSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 10
- ROBERT FRANCIS FERGUSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 10
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 10
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 11
- JERRY LEE HANDLONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 11
- WILLIE HARPER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 11
- JESSE EMIL HERRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 11
- WALLACE HYMANSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 12
- BOBBY KINGSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 12
- ELVIN PRICESergeant · Panel 9E, Line 12
- JOHN VILNIS RAAUMSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 13
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 13
- KENNETH LESLIE VANLEWSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 13
- THOMAS JOSEPH VONTORPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 13
- DANIEL L WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 14
From Hyattsville
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 1968
- RONALD STUART GILLIAMSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
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.