Lieutenant Junior Grade Quiel was the pilot of a F9F-5 Pantherjet fighter with Fighter Squadron 153 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVA-37). On 25 April 1953, as his aircraft was launched, it crashed into the ocean and sank. He was listed as Missing in Action. He was presumed dead on 25 April 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

For his leadership and valor, Lieutenant Junior Grade Quiel was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 2 Gold Stars, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.