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JAMES EDDY TURNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – July 4, 1967
Service recordJames Eddy Turner, of Franklin, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Franklin, Virginia (Franklin (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 8
- ROBERT WILLIAMS SWIGARTCaptain · July 4, 1967
- THOMAS L TERRYSergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHERSergeant · July 4, 1967
- ROBERT A WOODROWSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD KENNETH FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 2
From Franklin
- ROLAND A CUTCHINSSergeant · March 26, 1967
- MILLS BEALE IIISergeant First Class · May 11, 1969
- JOSEPH C SPENCE JRFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 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.