Quentin R. Walsh (February 2, 1910 – May 18, 2000) was a United States Coast Guard officer who was decorated for combat leadership during the Battle of Cherbourg and Normandy Campaign in World War II.

In the late 1930s, Walsh spent a year observing a whaling factory ship, covering 30,000 miles from Sweden to Australia, the Indian Ocean, and Antarctica.

Armed with bazookas, hand grenades, rifles, and submachine guns, he and his party overcame sniper fire and blew open steel doors of underground bunkers, capturing 400 Germans.

Subsequently receiving the unconditional surrender of three hundred and fifty other officers and men, he released fifty-two United States Army Paratroopers who were prisoners in the fort.

[6] USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) is a planned United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided missile destroyer and will be the 82nd overall for the class.