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THOMAS WAYNE QUINN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – April 4, 1969
Service recordThomas Wayne Quinn, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 12
- DAVID HAROLD MCDONALDSergeant · April 4, 1969
- ROGERS PULLINS JRPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- DOUGLAS WAYNE RICHARDSCorporal · April 4, 1969
- THOMAS HERMAN WEIGLEPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANN JOSEPH LOBKERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 11
- RALPH THOMAS SANDPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 13
- HAYS CHARLES STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 13
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.