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WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1949 – May 4, 1969
Service recordWilliam Daniel Quinn III, of East Northport, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 1, 1949
- Home of record
- East Northport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 1
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- JEFFERY MARK PARENTLance Corporal · May 4, 1969
- NORMAN LEE PLEMMONSSergeant · May 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES POTITO FLAGELLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 110
- MICHAEL EUGENE LEMASTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 110
- WILLIAM DAVID BRITTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 112
- NORMAN LEE PLEMMONSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 1
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- BILLY RAY STUBBSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- CLIFFORD TABOR JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 2
- MILTON WILLIAM REMMLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 3
From East Northport
- JOHN RAYMOND NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES HOFFMANCaptain · July 25, 1968
- EDWARD ALBERT FRYER JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY NOLTEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL FORTECorporal · April 27, 1970
- JACK STEVEN GROUFSpecialist Four · May 7, 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.