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VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 18, 1948 – January 19, 1970
Service recordVan Sylvester Turner JR, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarksdale, Mississippi (Coahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 48
- ROBERT G MITCHELTREE JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD COOLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1970
- HAROLD DALE DARNELLSergeant · January 20, 1970
- JAMES DARRYL FOXSpecialist Five · January 20, 1970
From Clarksdale
- HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1967
- LUZON BEASLEYCorporal · March 30, 1968
- LESTER ERBYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · February 15, 1970
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1970
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · August 4, 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.