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GARY RAY TOWNSEND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1947 – September 30, 1968
Service recordGary Ray Townsend, of Orchard Park, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 51
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Orchard Park, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 51
- HOWARD HORTON SMITHColonel · September 30, 1968
- DOMENICK ANTHONY SPINELLICommander · September 30, 1968
- RONALD STUCKYSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- GERALD FRANCIS SUBLERLance Corporal · September 30, 1968
From Orchard Park
- ROBERT BOUGHTON BEALECaptain · March 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS ALLEN HENNINGPrivate · July 17, 1968
- SHERMAN BOCHNEWETCH IIFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1970
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.