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DANIEL JOSEPH TURCOTTE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 28, 1949 – July 22, 1970
Service recordDaniel Joseph Turcotte, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 45
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 45
- KENNETH WESLEY SLAUGHTERFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1970
- LAUREN WALTER STANDRINGFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1970
- GUS ALLENCorporal · July 23, 1970
- DERREL KEITH DICKEYSergeant · July 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DUWAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 42
- RONALD ANDREW OLESENSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 43
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
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.