William Gissal Painter

Age: 25
Branch: USNR
Rank: LTJG
Unit(s): UDT21, ST2 (Plankowner)
Station: Cubuklu Naval Base, Turkey

Fallen on: 12 May 1963
Location: Turkey
Era: Vietnam
Campaign: Training

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Hometown: Ohio

Details:
LTJG Painter was working under the joint U.S. Military Mission for aid to Turkey when he disappeared. He had been demonstrating SCUBA tactics to Turkish naval students at Cubuklu Naval Base on the Asian side of the waterway that connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara.