Lt. Colonel Albert Turner WESTBOROUGH: Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Albert N. "Al" Turner, 84, US Army of Greenwood SC, formerly of Westborough passed June 20th from injuries sustained in a fall. A professional soldier and veteran of three wars Lt. Col. Turner began his service as a combat infantryman in General Patton's 3rd Army during WW II earning The Bronze Star for Valor and The Combat Infantryman's Badge. During the 1950's he received a direct commission in The MA Army National Guard and completed Army Fixed Wing and Helicopter pilot training. Following his transfer from The National Guard to The Army he served in both infantry and artillery branches as a senior army aviator logging 6000 flight hours flying nearly every aircraft within the army. He patrolled The DMZ in Korea under hostile fire and also spent 12 months in Vietnam as a combat helicopter pilot. Near the end of his tour in Vietnam he had the distinction of being selected by General William Westmoreland Commander of all US forces in Vietnam to be his personal pilot. During a subsequent assignment in Germany Lt. Col. Turner had the unique distinction (for an aviator) of serving as commander of an operational US Army field battalion. Among his decorations for service are The Meritorious Service Medal and multiple awards of The air Medal for aerial combat. Following his retirement from the army in 1972 after 30 years of service he lived with his family for 17 years in Germany in a small Bavarian farming village in the foothills of the Alps adjacent to Lake Chemisee. It was an idyllic existence which they loved every minute. In 1988 he and his family moved to Lake Greenwood in SC. Al is survived his brothers, Donald and David, his sisters, Elaine King and Claire Benway (to whom he was known as "Buddy"), his wife Virginia (Stone) formerly of Westborough, their daughter Kathleen of SC and their son Randy of SC, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Graveside services with full military honors were held in Beaufort National Cemetery in Beaufort SC. Anyone wishing to honor and remember Lt. Col. Turner may make a memorial donation to any veterans organization of their choice