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VIRGIL LINDQUIST
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
May 12, 1929 – May 3, 1966
Service recordVirgil Lindquist, of Neponset, Illinois, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 3, 1966, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 12, 1929
- Home of record
- Neponset, Illinois (Bureau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 20
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- ANGELO FRANCIS MICHELLISergeant First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
From Neponset
- JOHN MICHAEL KARESHospitalman · March 20, 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.