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LOUIS G TURNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1941 – May 16, 1966
Service recordLouis G Turner, of Mount Vernon, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Mount Vernon, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 66
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- THOMAS H WELSHSergeant First Class · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK WILBERLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- ARTIS WESLEY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
From Mount Vernon
- WILLIE AUSTIN JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1970
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.