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ALFRED LEE TURNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1934 – November 23, 1969
Service recordAlfred Lee Turner, of Bothell, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 113
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1934
- Home of record
- Bothell, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 113
- MICHAEL JOHN POLLSpecialist Five · November 23, 1969
- ROY MILES STILWELLWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- HENRY GERHARDT ALLENPrivate First Class · November 24, 1969
From Bothell
- PHILLIP ROBERT SMITHSpecialist Five · June 8, 1966
- DANIEL WILLIAM KEOPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- RICHARD C WORTHINGTON JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
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.