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DONALD EUGENE TURNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 11, 1946 – September 18, 1968
Service recordDonald Eugene Turner, of Port Orchard, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Orchard, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 31
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · September 18, 1968
- GARY ENNIS STRAKERSergeant · September 18, 1968
- ISAAC TAGGARTSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- KREG ARTHUR VIESTENZPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 25
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 26
- JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- CHARLES LLOYD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 27
- JAMES OMER FRYMANCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 27
- ROBERT LAWRENCE JANOWITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 28
- GILBERT MERILL MAESTASSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 29
- ALFRED M SCHROEDER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 30
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 32
From Port Orchard
- JOSEPH ROBERT RIEBLILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLINTOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DARREL ZANE WRIGHTSergeant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN JACKSONSergeant · February 17, 1968
- GUY NORTH BERNARDLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- DONALD DALE HAWKINSSergeant · August 19, 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.