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DONALD JOHN TURNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1947 – January 21, 1969
Service recordDonald John Turner, of South Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 54
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- South Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 54
- WILLIAM JOSEPH THOMPSONChief Petty Officer · January 16, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM SPIVEYPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- ALVA RAY TERRELLPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- ELLIOTT VELEZ-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
From South Boston
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOHN PAUL JACOBSCorporal · February 7, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- BURTON W PETERSON JRLance Corporal · April 5, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DESMONDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- JOHN HENRY COLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN BOROVICKSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN AGRI JRLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
- BRIAN RICHARD KELLYPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.