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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael C Quire.

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MICHAEL C QUIRE

Private First Class · U.S. Army

January 25, 1947 – April 22, 1967

Service record

Michael C Quire, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18E · Line 72

Position of Panel 18E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Born
January 25, 1947
Home of record
Dayton, Ohio

Casualty

Date of death
April 22, 1967
Age
20
Added to the Wall
2020

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 18E, Line 72

From Dayton

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Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2020, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.