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GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1941 – September 6, 1969
Service recordGilbert Craig Turner JR, of Augusta, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 51
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Augusta, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 51
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAPPELLSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- NEAL ARTHUR SMITHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1969
- DENNIS ARTHUR SPENELLIHospitalman · September 6, 1969
- JERRY SYLVIAPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON TRUSTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
From Augusta
- RICHARD W ARNOLDSpecialist Six · March 13, 1966
- EDWIN MATTI KAHKONEN JRLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- GILBERT STEVENS BELL JRSergeant · December 13, 1968
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARDStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- RONALD IRVING KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · April 26, 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.