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MARCUS SHARPE TURNER JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 26, 1937 – February 14, 1967
Service recordMarcus Sharpe Turner JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 27
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 27
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- NAPOLEN KELLY COOPERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- EDWARD FRANKLIN RUSHINGStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1967
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.