Frank Browne Turner was born on September 21, 1895, in Wicomico, Maryland. He was the son of Robert Hall Turner and Mary Keech Turner. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church of Wicomico

Before entering Yale in 1914, he attended the Gilman Country School in Baltimore and the Browning School in New York City. He joined the New York Naval Militia in April 1917, but in June, was transferred to the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. He then was sent to the Ground School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon completing a three-month course there, he was ordered to Mineola Long Island for instruction in flying. He was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in September 1917 and in October, went overseas in charge of a detachment of cadets. He was instantly killed in an airplane accident at the Third Aviation Instruction Center in France on January 30, 1918. He had been preparing to fly in a type of machine used for bombing, and his death occurred shortly before the completion of his advanced training.

1Lt Turner is now buried in the Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Newport, Charles County, Maryland, USA.

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