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JAMES EARL TURNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1947 – August 7, 1968
Service recordJames Earl Turner, of El Dorado, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 27
- WILLIAM J THIESFELDT-COLLAZOSergeant · August 7, 1968
- JAMES EDWIN VERNORPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- WALTER LEE WALLSPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- ALDERMAN CARROWAY WEST JRStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 21
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 21
- JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLONPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 22
- DAVID RAY HOWARDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 22
- WILLIE FIELDS JRCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 23
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 23
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 25
- NICHOLAS LEE SCHROEDERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 26
- JOHN RICHARD SHEROKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 26
- BEN WESLEY STEPHENSSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 26
- WILLIAM J THIESFELDT-COLLAZOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 27
- WALTER LEE WALLSPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 27
From El Dorado
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- MICHAEL ALAN WHITEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · August 23, 1969
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- WALTER LEE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · October 31, 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.