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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Morvan Darrell Turley.

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MORVAN DARRELL TURLEY

Captain · U.S. Air Force

September 9, 1936 – January 13, 1967

Service record

Morvan Darrell Turley, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 13, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14E · Line 25

Position of Panel 14E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
September 9, 1936
Home of record
Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 13, 1967
Age
30
Province
Phuoc Tuy
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 14E, Line 25

From Kansas City

All 150 names from Kansas City →

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.