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FREDDIE TURNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1948 – July 2, 1971
Service recordFreddie Turner, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 97
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 97
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MURPHYStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1971
- JIMMY ROGER MURRELLSpecialist Four · July 2, 1971
- PHILLIP REX BERGFIELDCaptain · July 3, 1971
- DONALD LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.