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RONALD GENE QUINN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 6, 1943 – August 12, 1969
Service recordRonald Gene Quinn, of Hilton, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Hilton, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 20
- HARVEY A PEAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PENTAPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- GEORGE RICHARD PLATTERSpecialist Five · August 12, 1969
- HOWARD MACDONALD PYLE JRCorporal · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY BRABOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 9
- MELVIN GREENSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 14
- JON TASCHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 26
- ADVERT WOODS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 27
From Hilton
- DAVID EARL LEMCKESergeant · May 21, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY WILSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 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.