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EARL RALPH TURNER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 21, 1948 – May 17, 1969
Service recordEarl Ralph Turner JR, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 35
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- RAYMOND CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE FRAZIER BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 28
- JERRY LEW EWINGSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 29
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.