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DONALD ARTHUR TURSO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1948 – May 19, 1969
Service recordDonald Arthur Turso, of Harrison, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Telephone Technician (2811)
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Harrison, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 56
- RANDALL ALAN MEESpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- HOWARD MATHIS PETERSONSergeant · May 19, 1969
- DONALD FLOYD SCORSONESergeant · May 19, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 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.