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ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1942 – June 8, 1968
Service recordArthur Travis Turner, of Texarkana, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 5
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- December 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Arkansas (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 5
- DOUGLAS MACKARTHE MALLETTSergeant · June 8, 1968
- DANIEL LEO STOCKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- TERRY LEE ALLENCorporal · June 9, 1968
- JUAN ANTUPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
From Texarkana
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
- NOEL WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
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.