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JOSEPH G L QUIRION JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 26, 1949 – April 3, 1968
Service recordJoseph G L Quirion JR, of Skowhegan, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Skowhegan, Maine (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 53
- RALPH CHARLES MCCOWANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ROGER ALLAN QUINNMajor · April 3, 1968
- DANNY JOE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- PAUL THOMAS WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DAYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 48
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FREYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 50
- KENNETH JEROME HONEKCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 51
- PHILIP LORNE KONIGSFELDSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 51
- LESLIE JOHN LANTOSSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 52
- CHARLES PATRICK SCARANOPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 54
- DAVID CARL THOMASStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 57
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 57
- THEODORE WILLIAM SANDIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 58
From Skowhegan
- JOSEPH RALPH FOSSSpecialist Five · April 5, 1965
- CLYDE WILLIAM WITHEEPrivate · February 25, 1966
- DAVID RUSSELL BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- ALLEN LEA WARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- TERRY CHARLES CORSONSergeant · September 8, 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.