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PATRICK OWEN QUINN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1945 – November 25, 1966
Service recordPatrick Owen Quinn, of La Crescenta, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 117
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 10, 1945
- Home of record
- La Crescenta, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 117
- RICHARD DEAN MATTSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 27, 1966
- DAVID TERRANCE HAKEPrivate First Class · November 25, 1966
- GEORGE ARTHUR MYERSLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
- ELLIS ORTON JRFirst Sergeant · November 25, 1966
- PHILIP ALAN PURVISLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
From La Crescenta
- MICHAEL ANTHONY NAJARIANHospitalman · June 18, 1966
- GREGORY PAUL KELLYLance Corporal · June 10, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK LEESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CALLEN JAMES COURTEMANCHECorporal · January 31, 1968
- STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSHSergeant · March 21, 1970
- WARREN RICHARD SPENCERMajor · December 20, 1972
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.