Quintana, Daniel Anthony

Daniel Anthony Quintana was a 30-year-old Staff Sergeant from Huntington Park, California. He served with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, a unit based in Schweinfurt, Germany, as part of the U.S. Army's active-duty forces.

According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, Quintana died on September 10, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The official cause was listed as hostile fire. Specific details of the incident were not widely reported in public releases.

His death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military intervention in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. The conflict involved coalition forces, the Afghan National Security Forces, and insurgent groups, including the Taliban, primarily in the country's eastern and southern regions.

The Army announced his death in a press release. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. His remains were returned to the United States, and services were held in California.

Staff Sergeant Quintana is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the Huntington Park Civic Center and on online veterans' remembrance pages. His unit, the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, continued its deployment in Afghanistan following his death.

Staff Sergeant Quintana was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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