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JAMES LOUIS TURNER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1946 – April 26, 1968
Service recordJames Louis Turner, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 25
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
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- February 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 25
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- LARRY RICHARD TODDSergeant · April 26, 1968
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.