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ROBERT QUINN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1945 – July 30, 1968
Service recordRobert Quinn, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 35
- ROBERT LINLEY GARDNERTechnical Sergeant · July 30, 1968
- PAUL JAMES GORMANPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- JOHN W JACOBSON SRSpecialist Four · July 30, 1968
- THOMAS ORTEGA JIMENEZ JRLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BERZINECLieutenant Colonel · Panel 50W, Line 34
- CLIFFORD LEON ERVINCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 34
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.