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JOHN HAROLD TURNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1942 – May 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Harold Turner, of Potwin, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Potwin, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 9
- LARRY KENNETH BRYANTPrivate First Class · May 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM WEIDNERSergeant · May 20, 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.