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WILLIE GEORGE TURNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1945 – November 13, 1969
Service recordWillie George Turner, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 71
- RONALD EARL RAYStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1969
- STEVEN THOMAS SCHOOLERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1969
- STEVEN G SKELLYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1969
- RANDOLPH BOTHWELL SUBERSergeant First Class · November 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE DEAN CARPENTERCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 69
- LUIS A N HILERIO-PADILLASergeant · Panel 16W, Line 69
- DENNIS EVANS MILLIARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 70
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.