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GORDON JAMES TURPIN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1941 – August 20, 1969
Service recordGordon James Turpin JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 83
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 83
- JOSEPH DAVID THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1969
- DONALD DELMORE TRIPPSpecialist Four · August 20, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1969
- RAYMOND LEE WILCOXCorporal · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 77
- MICHAEL GEORGE DEMORESergeant · Panel 19W, Line 77
- GARY DAVID GRABERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 78
- JERRY WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 79
- MILTON JOHN MENDOZACorporal · Panel 19W, Line 79
- JIMMY LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 80
- FRANK RODNEY NESTORPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 80
- JOSEPH JOHN PAPARELLOPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 81
- CLYDE EDWARD PHIFER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 81
- MAXIE DEAN REGISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 81
- JAMES EARL RUTTANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 82
- RAYMOND LEE WILCOXCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 83
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.