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EDDIE D TURNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 17, 1941 – October 23, 1967
Service recordEddie D Turner, of Porterville, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 58
- EARL GAUTNEYStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT G TSCHUMPERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- GEORGE MICKEL VINEYARDPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WAYNE FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 54
- JEREMIAH JOSEPH SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 55
- CHARLES A RIEGER IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 57
From Porterville
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEYAirman Apprentice · August 24, 1968
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- DENNIS FLOYD ELLISPrivate First Class · March 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.