Willie George Turner
Company C 1/22 Infantry
4th Infantry Division
KIA 11/13/69
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: New York, NY
Date of birth: 10/02/1945
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length Service: 00
Unit: C CO, 1ST BN, 22ND INFANTRY, 4TH INF DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 05/20/1969
Incident Date: 11/13/1969
Casualty Date: 11/13/1969
Age at Loss: 24
Location: Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds
Panel W16 Line 71
Willie Turner was killed in
action during an engagement with hostile forces at grid reference
BR810100,
approximately 4 kilometers north/northwest of Van Canh airfield.
SP4 Willie G. Turner's decorations
He was awarded the State
of New York Conspicuous Service Cross (Medal #17221)
on February 16, 1970
Burial:
Tharpe Cemetery
Warner Robins
Houston County
Georgia, USA
Grave markers for Willie G.Turner
Photo by CEA from the Find A Grave website
Grave of Willie G. Turner
Photo by CEA from the Find A Grave website
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