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EDWIN FRANCIS TURK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1944 – June 18, 1969
Service recordEdwin Francis Turk JR, of Elgin, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 82
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Elgin, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 82
- PAUL ALLEN REZENDESPetty Officer Third Class · June 18, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- JOSEPH FREDERICK SMITH JRSpecialist Five · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER WARD BECKERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 71
- ENRIQUE THOMAS ENRICOSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 76
- HOLLIS GREGORY MILLERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 79
- ROBERT LOUIS MINGLESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 80
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 82
From Elgin
- NELSON ROGER MOOREMaster Sergeant · May 24, 1966
- FLORENTINO JOHN SANTANAPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- LEX ELSWICKSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR BOONEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ROGER LEE WILSONCorporal · January 20, 1968
- WILLIAM RAY CHRISTENSENSergeant · January 19, 1969
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · March 28, 1970
- CALVIN EDWARD MILAMSpecialist Four · January 24, 1971
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.