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ALAN BRADFORD TURNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 1948 – November 17, 1969
Service recordAlan Bradford Turner, of Hayward, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 93
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 93
- THOMAS JOSEPH HARTMANSergeant · November 18, 1969
- ANDREW GREGORY KIRCHMAYERCaptain · November 18, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RAGSDALESpecialist Four · November 18, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SCHARESPrivate First Class · November 18, 1969
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.