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CHARLES WONDREWS TURNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1941 – September 26, 1966
Service recordCharles Wondrews Turner, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 21
- JERRY WAYNE ROSSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- CHARLES MANUEL CENTENOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- FRANK EDWARD DZIWISZ JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- ARVEL HUGH HALLPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD LOUIS CONEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 19
- ROBERT FRANCIS GRUNDMANMajor · Panel 11E, Line 19
- JAMES WILLIS HOLLIDAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 20
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 20
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.