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RICHARD EUGENE TURNER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 27, 1945 – October 30, 1968
Service recordRichard Eugene Turner, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 60
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 60
- LARRY EDWARD SCHWARZPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- MARLIN LYNN SIEGWALTCaptain · October 30, 1968
- DAVID FRANK WORKMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- JAMES SAMUEL ALLISONPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.