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CLARENCE TURPIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 15, 1931 – November 23, 1968
Service recordClarence Turpin, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Born
- June 15, 1931
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Added to the Wall
- 2015
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 48
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- CARL J WINTERCaptain · November 23, 1968
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · November 24, 1968
- LARRY MARTIN CARROLLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- THERON WALLACE COBBSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2015, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.