Saturday, March 20, 1999
SSG Robert F. Townsend
--- General / Personal ---
Last name: TOWNSEND
First name: ROBERT FRANKLIN
Home of Record (official): ROYAL OAK
State (official): MI
Date of Birth: Friday, July 3, 1936
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SFC
Serial Number: 16470480
Component: Regular
Posthumous promotion as indicated
Pay grade: E6
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11B10
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Thursday, August 19, 1965
Date of Casualty: Thursday, November 4, 1965
Age at time of loss: 29
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Unknown/Not Reported
The Wall: Panel 03E - Row 020
LASTNAME: TOWNSEND FIRSTNAME: ROBERT FRANKLIN IDNO:
16470480 SVC: A COMP: R RANK: SFC PP: + GRADE: E6 MOS: 11B10 AGE:
29 HOME: ROYAL OAK ST: MI CASDATE: 19651104 CAS1: A1 CAS2: D
CAS3: 7 BODY: --- CTRY: VS PROV: 99 LSVC: 10 BIRDATE: 19360703 RACE:
C REL: RC MAR: M SEX: M CIT: 1 TOURD: 650819 PANL: 03E LINE: 020
REFNO: 523 PDATE: 6511
Details:
Fatally shot in chest by Viet Cong
sniper at close range between Pleiku
and Cambodian border.
For Information E-mail us at:
asaonline@npoint.net