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ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSEND
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1936 – November 4, 1965
Service recordRobert Franklin Townsend, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · 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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- July 3, 1936
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 20
- BENJAMIN ROBERT PINKERTONSpecialist Five · November 4, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · November 4, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- KENNETH MILES EDWARDSPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.