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BRUCE TOWNSEND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1940 – June 15, 1967
Service recordBruce Townsend, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 110
- HUBERT CLARENCE VANPOLLStaff Sergeant · June 15, 1967
- HERBERT WIGFALL JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WILLIAMSSergeant · June 15, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.