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MELVIN DARYL QUINN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1948 – April 1, 1970
Service recordMelvin Daryl Quinn, of Merced, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 73
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 73
- FLOYD DALE KETELSSergeant · April 1, 1970
- SIDNEY E PLATTENBURGERSergeant · April 1, 1970
- GERALD RAY POLLARD JRSergeant · April 1, 1970
- GERALD WAYNE PURDONSergeant · April 1, 1970
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.