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ROBERT EUGENE QUICK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1948 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Quick, of Elkhart, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 27
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCELance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- ELBERT DARRELL POFFSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MILTON PHILLIP POTIERCorporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE BLATTELChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 2
- RUSSELL WILLIAM EGGERTCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 10
- JAMES PAUL FREEMANSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 11
- DUANE MICHAEL NORMANDINCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 25
- BARRY THOMAS REINHARDTSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 28
- ROBERT GEORGE WEDDENDORFCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 35
From Elkhart
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SIGSBEEPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES NORBERT GALEYTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WAYNE AUSTIN DECKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TYSONLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 21, 1968
- EVANGELOS K CARANASIOSLance Corporal · November 29, 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.