Boston pauses to recall Vietnam fallen Marine

Boston pauses to recall fallen Marine
By O’Ryan Johnson
Saturday, May 8, 2010

Fellow townies have never forgotten Marine Lt. Michael Quinn of Charlestown - and neither has the Marine Corps.

He was 23, a brawny football standout who, after graduating from Holy Cross, finished at the top of his officer’s class at Quantico in 1968 and was sent to Vietnam where he was killed nine months later.

Yesterday, as part of Marine Week Boston, Marine Col. Robert Durkin, commanding officer of the 4th Battalion 25th Marine Regiment, along with Mayor Thomas M. Menino, rededicated a plaque memorializing the late Marine at the top step of the bridge over the pond at the Public Garden. Below, Quinn had paddled Swan Boats every summer as a teenager.
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Boston pauses to recall fallen Marine