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JOSEPH MARION TUROWSKI JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 5, 1949 – June 22, 1970
Service recordJoseph Marion Turowski JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 81
- RUSSELL LOWELL WILLIAMSSergeant · June 22, 1970
- DANIEL KEITH WILSONSergeant · June 22, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE ANDERSONSergeant · June 23, 1970
- MICHAEL LOUIS BALDINICorporal · June 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM GUMBERT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 79
- HERMAN MOORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 79
- GARY LAVERNE PEATSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 80
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.