Edmund E. Turner

Korean War
RankRadarman Second Class U.S. Navy
Date of DeathMay 24 1951
National Defense Service Medal
Radarman Second Class Turner was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Radarman Second Class Turner served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. On May 24, 1951, he and 134 shipmates were on a fifty foot whale boat enroute from Newport, Rhode Island to their ships after shore leave, when a giant wave overturned the boat. He and another shipmate lost their lives.