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MICHAEL BRUCE TURNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 12, 1949 – May 11, 1968
Service recordMichael Bruce Turner, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 27
- EDWARD WAYNE PIGGSergeant · May 11, 1968
- KEITH DAN VINCENTCorporal · May 11, 1968
- THOMAS LEE WADESpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- EDWARD WALKERSergeant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DEL GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- REECE LESLIE MARPLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN TERRY MOORE JRSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 24
- GREGORY ALLEN RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 25
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 26
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 28
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.