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JAMES HENRY TURNER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – October 9, 1969
Service recordJames Henry Turner, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 124
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 9, 1969
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 124
- JAMES LAWRENCE SUYDAMSergeant · October 9, 1969
- DONNY LYNN TUCKERLance Corporal · October 10, 1970
- FRANK LEONARD WILSONSpecialist Four · October 10, 1970
- ROBERT WADE BRUNSONCaptain · October 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LEE AIKINCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 53
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 54
- OWEN TETSUMI HIRANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 17W, Line 56
- CHARLES DAVID JAGELERCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 56
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 57
- GREG BRADFORD SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 58
- RICHARD ALAN SMITH SRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 58
- DANNY RAY SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 59
- TONY MARIA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 60
- JIMMY RAY GARBETTSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 122
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.