Education
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Turner lived in Garden City, New York, and attended Saint Paul"s School there for one year.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Turner lived in Garden City, New York, and attended Saint Paul"s School there for one year.
He was a graduate of Williams College, class of 1914. He joined the Army from Garden City in 1915. By September 27, 1918, he was serving in France as a first lieutenant with the 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division.
During an attack on that night, near Ronssoy, he and a small group of others became separated from the rest of their company.
Turner led the group forward despite intense artillery and machine gun fire, several times personally attacking machine gun positions which were firing on his mentor Although wounded three times, he continued to lead the group forward, capturing and clearing three lines of trenches.
Aged 25 or 26 at his death, Turner was buried in France at the Somme American Cemetery.
After reaching their objective, a fourth line of trenches, Turner was killed while defending the position from a German counter-attack.
After his pistol ammunition was exhausted, this gallant officer seized the rifle of a dead soldier, bayoneted several members of a machinegun crew, and shot the other.