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LLOYD KENNETH TURNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1945 – November 17, 1968
Service recordLloyd Kenneth Turner, of Glasgow, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 6
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Glasgow, Virginia (Rockbridge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 6
- DAVID EDGAR HOFFERTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- DAVID STEPHEN VOLLMERLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- JEFFREY RANDOLP BEARDSLEYPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN CROMIEPrivate First Class · November 18, 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.