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RICHARD JAMES QUINN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1950 – January 7, 1969
Service recordRichard James Quinn, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 50
- CRAIG SEIMON OLSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- ROBERT VAN PACKCaptain · January 7, 1969
- DAVID FRANCIS PEAKSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- DANA LEE RAGERPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DANIEL WINNINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 49
- CHARLES JOHN ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 51
From Cambridge
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAHSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHEN DUFFETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · March 9, 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.