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JAMES MACK TURNER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 13, 1942 – December 27, 1972
Service recordJames Mack Turner, of Athens, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 27, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 107
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Athens, Georgia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1972
- Age
- 30
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 107
- LAWRENCE JAY MARSHALLMajor · December 27, 1972
- BENNIE LAMAR FRYERFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1972
- MICHAEL FIRESTONE HAIFLEYLieutenant · December 28, 1972
- ALLEN LOUIS JOHNSONLieutenant Colonel · December 28, 1972
From Athens
- LEROY IRELANDStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- EDWARD CLEO SIMSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · August 1, 1968
- JOE DAVID CARROLLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- THOMAS CLARKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JEFF WHITEHEADLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES B CAREYSergeant · October 13, 1969
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.