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LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1947 – September 5, 1966
Service recordLeonard Lloyd McQuinn JR, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 5, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 71
- MACK ARTHUR KNIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- MANUEL LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RUSSELL BERNDT WALKERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- LYLE PRESTON BILLSPrivate First Class · May 17, 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.