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ROOSEVELT TOWNSEND
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 14, 1944 – June 17, 1968
Service recordRoosevelt Townsend, of Mathews, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Mathews, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; seven of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 16
- WILLIAM THOMAS WEDGEWORTHCorporal · June 17, 1968
- MARVIN LEON WYATTSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
- RONALD LEE ALESHIREPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- LEROY CLYDE GEYERSergeant First Class · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BEDSOLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 11
- CHARLIE E BERRYSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 11
- DONALD SHUICHI FUJIMOTOSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 12
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 13
- ALLEN SHEFFIELD STROUDCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 15
- WILLIAM THOMAS WEDGEWORTHCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 16
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.