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JAMES PAUL TURNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – January 6, 1968
Service recordJames Paul Turner, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 61
- MICHAEL FREDERICK WALKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN WALLPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- TERRY CLINTON WALLEYSergeant · January 6, 1968
- WAYNE ANTHONY WHITELEYLance Corporal · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 56
- EDWARD JOSEPH DREW IIPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 56
- ERIC RICHARD FASSITTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 56
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 57
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 57
- WILLIAM EDWIN BERNARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 58
- JORDAN EUGENE RAMEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- HAROLD SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 59
- GERALD WAYNE NORTONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 60
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 60
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 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.