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L/CPL JAMES L. TURNER

 Vietnam

 

 

 

 

 

James L. Turner, San Diego Marine Recruit Depot,

3rd Bn Platoon 3351

 
L/CPL James L. Turner
2-7-46  to  4-26-68

 



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James, Vietnam Hill 148, December 1967

 


James, Vietnam Hill 148, December 1967


 


L/CPL P. T. Sommers, CPL Don Cruz, and
L/CPL J. L. Turner.
 Vietnam Hill 148
December 1967

 

 

 


Vietnam, Last Reconnaissance Patrol
April 18, 1968

 

 

 

 


James Turner's Family:  James, sister Ruth, father Jim and mother Hedwige Elizabeth (Marold) Turner
Silver Cliff, CO   1964

 

 

 

James L. Turner

After graduating from Central High School in Pueblo, CO, James L. Turner enrolled at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. He completed his freshman and sophomore years and began his junior year at CC but quit to join the Marines on September 22, 1966. He reported to Camp Pendleton, CA on November 7, 1966.

After boot camp he was assigned to combat training which was due to begin on February 4, 1967. Instead he was reassigned to radio telegraph school which began on February 25, 1967. After successfully completely radio school and spending leave time back in Colorado in the summer of 1967, Jim was assigned to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA to learn to speak Vietnamese.

Jim successfully completed the language course and arrived in Vietnam on November 24, 1967 where he was assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion in a Headquarters and Support Company on Hill 148. Early in 1968 he was part of the convoy that went into Hue after it was liberated. By March 9, 1968, Jim was reassigned to a letter company, Company “A”, responsible for field reconnaissance. James L. Turner was killed in a mortar attack while out on patrol in the early morning hours of April 26, 1968. Once President Johnson began to cut back on the bombing of North Vietnam, the Viet Cong flooded into the South. Radio telegraph operators like Jim suffered 70% casualties.

                                                                                          Ruth Turner Stephan, 2007

 

Field Title Value Meaning
MILITARY SERVICE M USMC [United States Marine Corps]
COUNTRY OF CASUALTY VS Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
TYPE OF CASUALTY A1 Hostile - Killed
REFERENCE NUMBER 7264 7264
NAME TURNER JAMES LOUIS TURNER JAMES LOUIS
DATE RECORD PROCESSED 6804 6804
SOCIAL SECURITY OR SERVICE # 2287212 2287212
MILITARY GRADE CPL CORPORAL
PAY GRADE E4 SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS (U.S. ARMY) or CORPORAL (U.S. ARMY, U.S. MARINE CORPS) or SERGEANT (U.S. AIR FORCE) or GRADE/RATE ABBREVIATIONS WITH FIRST COLUMN: ANY ENTRY; SECOND COLUMN: N; THIRD COLUMN: 3; FOURTH COLUMN: BLANK (U.S. NAVY, U.S. COAST GUARD) or GRADE/RATE ABBREVIATIONS WITH FIRST COLUMN: ANY ENTRY; SECOND COLUMN: ANY ENTRY; THIRD COLUMN: ANY ENTRY; FOURTH COLUMN: 3 (U.S. NAVY, U.S. COAST GUARD)
DATE OF DEATH or DATE DECLARED DEAD (MM/DD/YYYY) 04/26/68 04/26/1968
HOME OF RECORD CITY PUEBLO PUEBLO
HOME OF RECORD STATE CODE 06 Colorado
SERVICE OCCUPATIONAL CODE 2533 Undefined Code
DATE OF BIRTH (MM/DD/YYYY) 02/07/46 02/07/1946
REASON G Explosive Device (Grenade, Mine, Booby Trap, etc.)
AIRCRAFT OR NOT AIRCRAFT 7 Ground Casualty
RACE C Caucasian
RELIGION CODE 00 No Religious Preference
LENGTH OF SERVICE 01 1
MARITAL STATUS S Single (Spouse Not Listed)
SEX M Male
CITIZEN CODE 1 U.S.
POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION 0 Not Posthumously Promoted
DATE TOUR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BEGAN (MM/DD/YYYY) 671122 11/22/1967
LAST RECORD CODE 1 Final Record
BODY RECOVERED OR NOT * Body Recovered
AGE 22 22
COMPONENT R Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
COMMENTS    
TYPE    
PROVINCE CODE 03 Military Region 1 - Quang Nam
CORPCD 01 01
PROCD 2 2
FLAG _ _
 

 

 

 

JAMES L. TURNER served with

1st Recon Bn H&S Comm.  11/28/67 to 3/3/68
First Reconnaissance Battalion
Headquarters and Support Company Communications

1st Recon Bn "A" Co.  3/9/68 until his death on 4/26/68
First Reconnaissance Battalion "A" Company

"Texas Pete"  was his last reconnaissance patrol.

 


 

Medals Earned
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Vietnam Gallantry Cross
 with Palm

 


Vietnam Campaign Medal

 


 
Vietnam Service Medal
with one bronze Star


Vietnam Military Merit Medal
 

Purple Heart
 

National Defense Service Medal
 

 

 

 


James L. Turner's sister Ruth, husband George,
James and Sarah Stephan

 

 


Ruth (Turner), James, Ronnie, George, and  Sarah Stephan  2007.

 

 


 

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