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DANIEL ROBERT TURNER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 31, 1948 – August 17, 1969
Service recordDaniel Robert Turner, of Dracut, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 17, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 57
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Dracut, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 57
- JAYSON FRED ULRICHSergeant · August 17, 1969
- JAY DENNIS WEBSTER JRCorporal · August 17, 1969
- DOUGLAS WILMER WILKIESpecialist Five · August 17, 1969
- SCOTT EDWARD WISECorporal · August 17, 1969
From Dracut
- JOHN LORNIE THIBEAULTStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- PAUL LEO GORMLEY JRCaptain · December 18, 1965
- MICHAEL JAMES MONAHANPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
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.