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JON PETER TURK
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – October 27, 1967
Service recordJon Peter Turk, of Melrose Park, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 87
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Melrose Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 87
- FRANCIS PHILLIP SCHMAUTZCorporal · October 27, 1967
- DAVID LOUIS STOLLCorporal · October 27, 1967
- KENNETH CLARENCE STOMMESPetty Officer Third Class · October 27, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS UHLCorporal · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT J CARMODYStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 79
- LINDEN BROOK DIXONCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 81
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 89
From Melrose Park
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAGGIO JRPrivate · May 25, 1967
- DWIGHT FARWELL BENNETT JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- THOMAS HOWARD HEISEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- FRANK R GILCHRIST JRPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- OLAF THOMAS OLSENCorporal · March 11, 1970
- CHARLES NORBERT KOWALKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.