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CHARLES VAN TURLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1946 – June 9, 1966
Service recordCharles Van Turley, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 29
- JAMES EARNEST SHUYLERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RALPH GENE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1966
- TOM EDWIN BORENPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HOWARD BAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 25
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 25
- ALLAN EUGENE COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 26
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JOHN T DIXONSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EDWARD THOMAS DA FRODSHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EDWARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- ROBERT HANNASergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EARL WAYNE GOODALLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 28
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- MELVIN REEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- JAMES EARNEST SHUYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 29
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 29
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.