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ROBERT JOSEPH QUINN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 23, 1945 – September 24, 1969
Service recordRobert Joseph Quinn, of Thornville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Thornville, Ohio (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 11
- HARRY CLINTON DORSETTCorporal · December 12, 1968
- STANLEY CARL FULLERSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- DOUGLAS BERNARD KEHOESpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- JOHNNY KINGSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- JOE EARL LADELLSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
From Thornville
- TERRY LEE COOPERSergeant · December 22, 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.