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WILLY VASCILLE QUAST
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1940 – January 7, 1967
Service recordWilly Vascille Quast, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 120
- PAUL ANTHONY BENKERTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- EDWIN STEVEN BRAGUE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1967
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY CLEON BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 119
- JAMES ISAH E DANFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 121
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 124
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ROBERT P CASPERSEN IISpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
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.