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MORTON ELMER TOWNES JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1941 – February 3, 1967
Service recordMorton Elmer Townes JR, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 1 BN 30 ARTY 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B BTRY 1 BN 30 ARTY 1 CAV DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 115
- ROBERT DENNIS WARECorporal · February 3, 1967
- DAN THOMAS WASHINGTONLance Corporal · February 3, 1967
- DAVID WILBERT WEHRSSergeant · February 3, 1967
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND CARL DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 111
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
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.