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HENRY LON TURN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1945 – May 4, 1967
Service recordHenry Lon Turn, of Jacksonville, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Texas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 41
- FRANKLIN DELANO STALLINGSFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1967
- GEORGE RILEY STAMPPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- RICHARD K WHITFIELDStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1967
From Jacksonville
- THOMAS LEE JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- GEORGE L BARBER IIICaptain · March 4, 1968
- WILLIAM PRESTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 2, 1968
- CHARLIE RAY MCDONALDSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- LEE ROY NOLLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- RONALD S ATHANASIOUPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1970
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.