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EDWARD PHILLIP TURNER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1947 – September 29, 1968
Service recordEdward Phillip Turner JR, of Ardsley, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Ardsley, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 43
- WILLIAM CARMAN PERDUELance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- STEPHEN BRIAN PUGHCorporal · September 29, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL ROLLINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 29, 1968
- BLAINE JOSEPH SHEPHERDSpecialist Five · September 29, 1968
From Ardsley
- VINCENT JOSEPH WARGO JRCorporal · September 15, 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.