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JONATHAN TOWNSEND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1948 – December 2, 1969
Service recordJonathan Townsend, of Prairie, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 20
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
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Prairie, Mississippi (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 20
- ROBERT STEPHEN RAINESStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- MARVIN HOWARD SANDERSCorporal · December 2, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
- DENNIS LEE VANCEStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES DUNLAPChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 15W, Line 17
- WILLIAM DALE SANDERLINStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 18
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 15W, Line 20
- EYKEL MARTIN D VANDEN IIChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 15W, Line 21
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.