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RANDY VAN TURNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1944 – September 25, 1969
Service recordRandy Van Turner, of Spokane, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 8
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 8
- T Z MERRIWEATHERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
- LONNIE RONALD PARKERFireman · September 25, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHSergeant · September 25, 1969
- JAMES ERVIN TOMPKINSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1969
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.