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GARY ALLEN TURNBULL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 7, 1946 – May 10, 1970
Service recordGary Allen Turnbull, of Saugus, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Saugus, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 16
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · May 10, 1970
- DONALD WOODROW SMITHSergeant · May 10, 1970
- LESLIE JOE WILBANKSSergeant · May 10, 1970
- GARY PAUL BAKERSergeant · May 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOLDENSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 12
- JOHN WILLIAM MERSCHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 14
- EDDIE MOLINO JRCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 14
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · Panel 10W, Line 16
From Saugus
- DAVID LEE REEDERSergeant · November 19, 1965
- JOSEPH SAMUEL GODWINPetty Officer Third Class · April 7, 1966
- TERRY DALE GEMASPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- FRANK DENNIS ORTEGAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM BORDERS JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 8, 1968
- MICHAEL ANDREW FAYSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- HENRY CHESTER KLINGERSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- GARY ROBERT MONTELEONESpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.