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JON ARNOLD TURNER
Airman · U.S. Navy
June 28, 1948 – November 20, 1969
Service recordJon Arnold Turner, of Balaton, Minnesota, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 103
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Balaton, Minnesota (Lyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 103
- RODNEY KENT RANSONPrivate First Class · November 20, 1969
- WALTER A RENELTColonel · November 20, 1969
- BARRY JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- ELDON WILLIAM TOZERChief Petty Officer · November 20, 1969
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.