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ROBERT JOSEPH TURNER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 10, 1945 – February 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Joseph Turner, of Thomasville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 13, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 29
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Thomasville, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 29
- GERRY ALBIN POLEGAPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- DONALD BENJAMIN SCHROEDERLieutenant Colonel · February 13, 1969
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · February 13, 1969
- LARRY GENE WHITEHEADCorporal · February 13, 1969
From Thomasville
- VANN DWAIN SHERRILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 23, 1965
- WAYNE VASTER WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
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.