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HAROLD SEAN TURSKEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 25, 1945 – August 7, 1967
Service recordHarold Sean Turskey, of Oak Park, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Oak Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 89
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- VAN VERNON TRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- ALLEN RUDOLPH VILKASSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- NARVIN OTTO WITTMAN JRLance Corporal · August 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY DEAN LIVELYSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 87
From Oak Park
- NEIL A KROGERSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM GRANT DAILEY JRLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- RANDALL BRUCE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH BONETTICorporal · June 13, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
- JOSEPH PAUL NOLAN JRCaptain · May 16, 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.