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MICHAEL GLENN TURNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1948 – April 21, 1968
Service recordMichael Glenn Turner, of Mcminnville, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Mcminnville, Oregon (Yamhill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 26
- CHARLES J MEERHOLZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- DAVID SOQUI URIASStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS VANAVERYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
From Mcminnville
- ROGER WILLIAM SHIPLEYSergeant · June 6, 1968
- JON WALTER LAYTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 27, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE TRASTERPrivate First Class · August 30, 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.