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WILLIAM IRVIN TURNER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – July 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam Irvin Turner JR, of Bowden, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Bowden, North Carolina (Duplin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 2
- HOWARD CLAYTON WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- THOMAS LESLIE WILSONPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- JIMMY RAY YOUNGCorporal · July 8, 1968
- HUGO CARLOS CASTANEDAPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EARL BEARSergeant First Class · Panel 53W, Line 42
- CRAIG JESSE DEVORESergeant · Panel 53W, Line 42
- JAMES DAVID NANSELPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 44
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.