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FREDRICK RAY TURNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1947 – November 6, 1968
Service recordFredrick Ray Turner, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 30
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Man, Manual Account (3071)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MASS 3 MACG 18 1 MAW
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 39W, Line 30
- RAYMOND GENE SKAGGSStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1968
- DUNCAN BALFOUR SLEIGHSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1968
- RAFAEL SOLERLance Corporal · November 6, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL TIMMONSPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.