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QUINCY HIGHTOWER TRUETT
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
April 3, 1932 – January 20, 1969
Service recordQuincy Hightower Truett, of Leesburg, Florida, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 20, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 46
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- April 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Leesburg, Florida (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 46
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- RICHARD KING ZIMMERMANMajor · January 20, 1969
- LOUIS VICTOR ALBI JRPrivate · January 21, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE ALLAN JRSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
From Leesburg
- WILLIAM ERNEST HILLStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1965
- JOHN WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · September 7, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARDS JRSergeant · November 9, 1968
- RONALD RAY GARNERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
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.