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THOMAS EDWARD TOWNSLEY
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1947 – January 5, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward Townsley, of Plattsburgh, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 5, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 118
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 MOTOR TRANS BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Plattsburgh, New York (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 118
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- TONY EVERETTPrivate First Class · January 6, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID GABRIELAirman Second Class · January 6, 1967
- JOHN CARL GRESENSLance Corporal · January 6, 1967
From Plattsburgh
- CARL JOSEPH LATOURSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD BONNETTStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1966
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CONLEYCorporal · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT ASPINALLCorporal · September 13, 1967
- ROBERT VINCENT SIPELance Corporal · October 1, 1967
- ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- GENE ALFRED LABOUNTYLance Corporal · May 20, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON WRAYPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- EDWARD FREDERICK BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
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.