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CLARENCE S TURNER III
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – January 14, 1970
Service recordClarence S Turner III, of Sweetwater, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 35
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Texas (Nolan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 35
- JOSE MANUEL MANGUALPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- GERALD LEE SCHWUCHOWSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
- DANIEL LEWIS WOODPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- RICHARD HOWARD BAHL JRCorporal · January 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL RIZZO JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 34
- GERALD LEE SCHWUCHOWSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 35
From Sweetwater
- RUFUS WILSON BILLSSergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
- WILLIAM ROY WATTFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- WILMER DWAYNE WILSONHospitalman · April 16, 1968
- DONALD NEAL KENNONMajor · February 13, 1969
- CURTIS MORRIS ASHTONPetty Officer First Class · December 27, 1969
- HAROLD DALE DARNELLSergeant · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM ACE BILLY MORTONSergeant · June 5, 1970
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
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.