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LOUIS TURCHI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1944 – October 14, 1966
Service recordLouis Turchi, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 75
- JACK DOUGLAS SPAULDINGLieutenant Colonel · October 14, 1966
- JOSEPH NELSON STEVENSLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- ROBERT JACOB BLACKCorporal · October 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L PRUHSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11E, Line 74
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.