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RICHARD MATHIAS TURNER
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
November 18, 1949 – September 17, 1969
Service recordRichard Mathias Turner, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 107
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 107
- WILLIAM HERMAN WAIDMAN JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY WALKERPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE WEEKSSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- HARVEY LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.