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CHARLES DWYNE TOWNSEND
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1949 – December 28, 1967
Service recordCharles Dwyne Townsend, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 90
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 90
- HERBERT OWEN ZINNEL JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- RONALD M ADAMSSergeant · December 29, 1967
- RONNIE HERBERT BEALSWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY BLOUGHPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.