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ANDERSON TURNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1935 – November 11, 1967
Service recordAnderson Turner, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 78
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1935
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 78
- JOHN JOSEPH TISCORNIASpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- EDWARD URBANIAKSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- LARRY WADEFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.