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EUGENE TURNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 8, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordEugene Turner, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 24
- GLENN CHARLES STROMBACKSergeant · August 25, 1968
- JOHN CLARENCE STROMESpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ALAN SWOVELANDSergeant · August 25, 1968
- CARMELO VASQUEZLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES LAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 17
- BYRON JOSEPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 17
- DANNY JOE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 17
- ARDEN GENE SONNENBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 18
- PAUL HENRY PIRKOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 20
- THOMAS EARL RICHEYSergeant First Class · Panel 46W, Line 21
- WILLIAM WAYNE SEAYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 22
- JERRY LEE SIMMONDSCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 22
- CLAUDE FRANKLIN VAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.