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EARNEST LEE TURNAGE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 6, 1948 – July 2, 1967
Service recordEarnest Lee Turnage, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 117
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
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 117
- THOMAS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · July 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HAYWARD TOOMBSLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- ROBERT VARGOCorporal · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN RAY WAGSTAFFLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.