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TONY JOHN QUITMEYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1948 – January 9, 1968
Service recordTony John Quitmeyer, of Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 10
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Parkers Prairie, Minnesota (Otter Tail County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 10
- MORRIS CALVIN PICKETTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ORIS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 4
- LARRY RICHARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 8
From Parkers Prairie
- RALPH STEPHEN GUCKStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
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.