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JUAN MANUEL QUINONES
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 6, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJuan Manuel Quinones, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 21
- LELAND EUGENE RADLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- DANIEL DIAS REZENDECorporal · August 25, 1968
- JAMES BURNUS RICHEELance Corporal · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS EARL RICHEYSergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER EARL BISHOPCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 11
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.