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CHRISTOPHER HAROLD TURK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 22, 1951 – February 13, 1972
Service recordChristopher Harold Turk, of Ravenna, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1972, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 107
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Ravenna, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1972; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 107
- ROBERT HARRY IRWINLieutenant Colonel · June 11, 1971
- ROBERT EDWIN PRYORSeaman · February 13, 1972
- ALBERT EUGENE LEEPetty Officer First Class · February 16, 1972
- RICHARD NEIL CHRISTY IIFirst Lieutenant · February 17, 1972
From Ravenna
- GARY LEE FARLEYSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PACIOREKSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GEORGE EDGAR SPECKPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- DARRYL BLAKE FULLUMSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE WYMERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT LARRY KINGSergeant First Class · April 25, 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.