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JOSE MANUEL QUESNEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 10, 1946 – September 16, 1968
Service recordJose Manuel Quesney, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 8
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. 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 43W, Line 8
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OSKILANECLance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN WAYNE PARTRIDGEWarrant Officer 1 · September 16, 1968
- TONY GORDON POWELLSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JODY MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 1
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 3
- JAMES RAYMOND ENGLERTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 4
- DOUGLAS GAINES JRSergeant First Class · Panel 43W, Line 5
- JOHN MICHAEL LYONSCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 6
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 7
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 10
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.