PFC Jon Peter Turk
Born: 27 June 1948 – Illinois
Parents: Joseph Turk & Gwendolyn Elsner-Turk
Siblings: 2 brothers
Hometown: Melrose Park, Illinois
Education:
– Proviso East High School
– Class of 1967
– left school before graduating
Inducted:
– U.S. Army
– Not Known
Serial Number: 54808398
Training:
– Not Known
Overseas Duty:
– Vietnam
– Tour: 27 July 1967
Unit:
– Troop D, 17th Cavalry Regiment
– his unit used jeeps to do reconnaissance
– Attached to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade
Died:
– Killed in Action
– 27 October 1967 – Gia Dinh Province – Republic of South Vietnam
– part of a six-man reconnaissance patrol
– 9:30 PM – attacked by Viet Cong
– five of the six men in patrol killed
Buried:
– Queen of Heaven Cemetery – Hillside, Illinois
Vietnam Memorial:
– Panel: 28E Line: 87
U.S. Army Ranger Memorial
– 75th Long Range Patrol
Posthumously Promoted: Corporal
