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RICHARD TURNER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1944 – May 17, 1968
Service recordRichard Turner, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 13
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
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- May 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 13
- MARCUS GUY FIEBELKORNSecond Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- SYLVESTER GEORGE TYLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- GARY LAYNE WALKERPrivate · May 17, 1968
- JACK LEE WHITECorporal · May 17, 1968
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.