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RICHARD FLOYD QUINN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – July 12, 1970
Service recordRichard Floyd Quinn, of Woodstock, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Operating Room Specialist (91D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodstock, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 13
- CAREY JAY PRATTStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1970
- HANS ANTHONY RAJCEVACSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- THOMAS WALL JRPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
- WILLIAM ARTHUR WICKSCorporal · July 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DONALD KLOSSSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 12
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.