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QUINNEN T CHANDLER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1947 – October 1, 1967
Service recordQuinnen T Chandler JR, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Guthrie, Oklahoma (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 36
- ROBERT RAY BROWNCorporal · October 1, 1967
- LESSELL DUNN JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 1967
- RAYMOND PATRICK FINLEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE BUFORD FLOWERSFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1967
From Guthrie
- ERNEST EUGENE BEAMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- FREDDIE LEON LOWERYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- LARRY RAY SHORTSpecialist Four · February 23, 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.