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ULYSSES GRANT QUEENER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1943 – January 25, 1969
Service recordUlysses Grant Queener JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 79
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 79
- RAMON FELIX ORTEGA JRStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- DAVID WALTER RIEMERLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK RIGGINSSergeant · January 25, 1969
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES DEFERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 75
- ROBERTO DOMINGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 75
- RONALD DAVID MELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 77
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 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.