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JAMES LEE TOWNSEND
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 19, 1947 – July 29, 1967
Service recordJames Lee Townsend, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 46
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 46
- RICHARD HENRY TAYLORPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- DELTON EUGENE TERRYAirman · July 29, 1967
- NORMAN ARNOLD THOMASPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- HAROLD DAVID WATKINSAirman · July 29, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.