Joseph L. Turner

Korean War
Service #37449364
UnitMED CO 9 INF 2 DIV
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Date of DeathFebruary 3 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Bronze Star
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
For his leadership and valor, Private First Class Turner was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Private First Class Turner was a medic with the Medical Company, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died in a prison camp on February 3, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.