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JOHN GEOFFREY TURK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1947 – January 4, 1968
Service recordJohn Geoffrey Turk, of Lomita, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 43
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 43
- THEODORE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- PAUL HERMAN VILLAROSASergeant First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- RONALD R WATSONSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
From Lomita
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND HORRIDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
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.