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Personal info

Full name
TOWNSEND, Talbot Donald
Date of birth
10 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Seattle, King County, Washington
Hometown
Seattle, King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39216435
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
East of Ossendorf, Hohenwepel/Essen/Peckelsheim area, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 20 6

Immediate family

Members
Harry H. Townsend (father)
Caroline T. Townsend (mother)
Jeane T. Townsend (sister)

More information

Pvt Talbot D. Townsend graduated from Roosevelt High School and had attended Whitman College for one year and was a student at the University of Washington.

He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 9 December 1943. Pvt Townsend went overseas in February 1945.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, After Action Report 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion 9th Armored Division, 22 October 1944 thru 8 May 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, James Burke, www.ancestry.com - Whitman College at Walla Walla Yearbook 1946