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JOSE LUIS QUINONES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1947 – April 1, 1970
Service recordJose Luis Quinones, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 74
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 74
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · April 1, 1970
- TERRY WARD RATCLIFFStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- BILLY JOE SCHAFFERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- TERRY LEE SCHELLSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HUGH BLOOMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 65
- CRAIG PYPER FIELDINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 67
- FLOYD DALE KETELSSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 73
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.