The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Joseph L. Turner
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
MED CO 9 INF 2 DIV
Date of Death
February 3, 1951
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.