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JOHN RICHARD TURNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1945 – March 20, 1966
Service recordJohn Richard Turner, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 27
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 27
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- LOUIS ALLEN AMBROSEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
From Yonkers
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BURKE JREnsign · August 1, 1967
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.