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JOHNNY CHARLES TURNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1950 – December 9, 1968
Service recordJohnny Charles Turner, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 100 ENG CO 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 78
- CURTIS HENRY SHARP JRSergeant · December 9, 1968
- SAMUEL DALE SHIMEKSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- ERVIN DALE SMITHSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- WILLIE GENE ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 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.