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JOSEPH MICHAEL TURK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 18, 1948 – September 5, 1968
Service recordJoseph Michael Turk, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 46
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 46
- DAVID DOUGLAS SIEGELCorporal · September 5, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE WHITEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- EUGENE WESLEY WICKERCorporal · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE BOTTSSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 40
- CARLTON TRAVIS GOREEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 40
- DAVID DOUGLAS SIEGELCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 46
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 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.