Charles-S-Quash

CHARLES S QUASH


Quash arrived at Fort Campbell, KY, from the 82nd Airborne, in 1967 and was assigned to Weapons Platoon. He went with A Company to Vietnam, December 1967. Quash won 3 Purple Hearts and they had to order him out of combat. Quash retired from the U. S. Army as a First Sergeant E-8. Charles is no longer with us.


MEDALS AND AWARDS Purple Heart, with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters - earned the Purple Heart for military merit and for wound received during action in combat. (HQ, 101st ABN DIV; General Order Number 230) Air Medal - earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight in the Republic of Vietnam. (HQ, 101st Airborne Division; General Order Number 7861; 29 June 1969) National Defense Service Vietnam Service Vietnam Campaign Medal UNIT CITATIONS RVN Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm Ribbon RVN Civil Action Honor Unit Citation with Palm Ribbon

Quash taking a smoke break. - Cu Chi, Vietnam December 1967

Quash on patrol in Vietnam with his M-60. The best M-60 gunner in Alpha Company.

BURIAL

Charles Samuel Quash - BIRTH 12 Apr 1943 DEATH 1 Jun 2009 (aged 66) Virginia, USA

Second Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery Hanover County, Virginia, USA.

OBITUARY

Richmond Times Dispatch: Charles Samuel Quash, MSgt. (Ret.), 66, of Newport News, VA, formerly of Caroline County, VA, departed this life June 1, 2009. He was a retired Master Sergeant for the U.S. Army.

He is survived by his devoted wife of 40 years, Mattie; one son, Bernard (Lynn); two daughters, Tonya and Takesha Quash; and three grandchildren, Benita, Bertrice and Bernadette; brothers, Henry (Mary), Anthony (Louevenia), Stanley (Connie), Bryan, Sherman, Raymond (Ruth); sisters, Alma, Mary Burruss (Robert) and Cynthia; mother-in-law, Jessie Mickel of Bishopville, SC; brothers-in-law, Richard of Bronx, NY, Jimmy (Bertha), Freddie, Henry (Diane); sister-in-law, Mary Benn (Thomas) of Queens, NY; and a host of nieces, nephews and dear friends. He will be greatly missed by all.