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ROBERT ELDON TURNER
Major · U.S. Army
August 13, 1927 – May 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Eldon Turner, of Mcpherson, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 25
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 13, 1927
- Home of record
- Mcpherson, Kansas (Mcpherson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 25
- JAMES ELLSWORTH RICKETTS JRLieutenant Colonel · April 8, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BRULLSergeant · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SIMSPrivate · May 8, 1969
- LYNN LADELLE STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILBUR LEON GREENStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 22
From Mcpherson
- KENNETH DILLARD KREHBIELCaptain · October 19, 1967
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.