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MICHAEL EDWARD QUICK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1949 – September 4, 1970
Service recordMichael Edward Quick, of Wauconda, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 38
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Wauconda, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 38
- OTIS EUGENE PLANTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1970
- RONALD DEAN SWINFORDLance Corporal · September 4, 1970
- RODNEY EUGENE TAYLORSergeant · September 4, 1970
- KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEKCorporal · September 5, 1970
From Wauconda
- RONALD KENNETH SCHUMACHERSergeant · July 20, 1967
- RICHARD GUNNAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 15, 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.