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RICHARD LYNN TURLEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 16, 1946 – April 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Lynn Turley, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 58
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 58
- VINCENT VOSYLIUSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- RICHARD HOWARD WALKERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- BEVERLY COSTNER WARESpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISONSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 53
- MARK JOHN HANSENSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 54
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 58
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.