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MICHAEL DENTIS TURNER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – June 4, 1969
Service recordMichael Dentis Turner, of Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 68
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 68
- EDWIN FRANKLIN SHOLARWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
- GARY WILLIS SILMANCorporal · June 4, 1969
- HAROLD ALONZO SKAGGSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DONALD F VANCOOK JRFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK DALE FINCHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 63
- JAMES ALBERT KUMMINGSCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 65
- OSCAR CLEMENT MAYER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 65
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZAPPINI JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 69
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.