Spc Estell Lee Turner
Born: March 14, 2024
Died: July 2, 2024 in Bethesda, Maryland
Spc. Estell L. Turner of Jackson, Kentucky graduated from Buckhorn High School in 1983. He entered the Army in May 2004 arriving at Fort Campbell in June 2007 serving as a motor transport operator. He initially spent six years with the Army after high school and sought to re-enter at age 42 once the age limit was raised. Lee comes from a military family in which his wife is an Army reservist and his younger brother, John, is in the Army stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C. After he finished his military service in 1989, he was a mechanic in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He and brother John raced and fixed cars together, and Lee also played guitar. Lee had looked forward to being deployed to Afghanistan, his first tour in the war on terror, in March. But he knew the potential dangers of his convoy missions. His awards and decorations include: Army Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Army Service Ribbon; Army Overseas Ribbon; Weapons Qualification, M4, expert; Marksmanship Qualification Badge; Marksman with Recoilless Rifle. He died at age 43 at the National Naval Medical Center of wounds suffered on June 28 in Malikheyl, Afghanistan, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He is the son of the late Clarence Estell Turner and Gloria White Turner. He leaves his wife, Staff Sgt. Leah Ann Shumaker Turner, daughter, Lyda Marie and a brother, Master Sgt. Johnny Ray Turner.
Army
1st Battalion
506th Infantry Regiment
4th Brigade Combat Team
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Burial is at Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Nicholasville, Kentucky - Sec S Site 518
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