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FRANKLIN ARTHUR TOWNSEND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1944 – May 9, 1968
Service recordFranklin Arthur Townsend, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 34
- CLAUDE DOUGLAS PROTZCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RANDOLPH JOEL STERNSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- NELSON CHRISTAN SWANKERLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE TOLLIVERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT KAIWI AKAMUSergeant First Class · Panel 57E, Line 12
- KENNETH W ARNOLDCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 14
- LARRY GAIL CALDWELLCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 16
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 18
- GEORGE W DARNELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 18
- MERRILL ANDREW MOSERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 28
- RAMON RODRIGUEZ RUIZSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 31
- LEO FRANKLIN RUPERTSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 32
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 33
- CLARENCE H WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 2
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.