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MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINN
Seaman · U.S. Navy
April 12, 1947 – May 24, 1967
Service recordMichael Courtney Quinn, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 24, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 98
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 98
- JOSEPH KENNETH PURELISPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- GERALD JOHN PYSHERSpecialist Five · May 24, 1967
- SANDY MITCHELL RIVERSSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LLOYD VERNON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 20E, Line 94
- TERRY FRANKLIN LEAZERFireman · Panel 20E, Line 96
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 99
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 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.