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BRENDAN XAVIER TURNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1949 – June 5, 1969
Service recordBrendan Xavier Turner, of Uniondale, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 80
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Uniondale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 80
- FRANK TORTORICIPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- HUGO HECTOR ULLOACorporal · June 5, 1969
- JOSEPH VALESKO JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- JAMES DANIEL WALKERSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1969
From Uniondale
- CHARLES PRESTON TUTHILLCorporal · October 8, 1963
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER BUCKLEYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- THEODORE F BENVENUTO JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS MORRISSEYCaptain · August 19, 1969
- RICHARD MILTON COLE JRTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.