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JOHN A TOWNSEND JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1930 – December 4, 1968
Service recordJohn A Townsend JR, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 43
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Telephone Installer-Repairman (36B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 10, 1930
- Home of record
- Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 43
- CROW BLAIR WILLIAM TWOPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- BROADUS WAYNE VERNONPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- STEVE EDWARD WERTZSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- GARY NORMAN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHARLES HOLTCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 39
From Manchester
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
- NORMAN GERARD LOZEAUPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 1967
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.