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MICHAEL PATRICK QUINN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1946 – August 29, 1969
Service recordMichael Patrick Quinn, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 8
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Charlestown, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 8
- CHARLES JOSEPH MACDONALDStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS MOSESSergeant · August 29, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY NELMS JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- EDWIN JOSEPH OLMEDAPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
From Charlestown
- LAWRENCE THOMAS BORDENSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- EDWARD LEE JOHNSONLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- DAVID JAMES PUGHLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · October 12, 1970
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.