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TERRY LEE QUINN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1947 – March 21, 1966
Service recordTerry Lee Quinn, of Huntington Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntington Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 34
- WILLIAM KING SHOUPLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JAMES RALPH PACEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- STANLEY RIFFLECorporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN FELLOWS SCULL JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEO HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 32
From Huntington Beach
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- RAY EUGENE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- GEORGE TALLMANSergeant · April 9, 1967
- ROGER VERNON INSCORECorporal · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 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.