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RAYMOND FRANCIS QUINN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1924 – April 1, 1967
Service recordRaymond Francis Quinn, of Imperial, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 1, 1924
- Home of record
- Imperial, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 87
- ROLAND HAYES HOWELLPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- JOHN OWEN RHODESLance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- CONFESOR RIVERA-MARTESSergeant First Class · April 1, 1967
From Imperial
- HERBERT WILLIAM MOORE JRMajor · September 3, 1967
- ROBERT MICHEAL REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · August 16, 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.