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Personal info

Full name
TOWNSEND, Paul E
Date of birth
21 May 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
La Rochelle, McCulloch County, Texas
Hometown
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38691524
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Marly, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 43

Immediate family

Members
Olie A. Townsend (father)
Carrie P. (Sicales) Townsend (mother)
Paul Townsend (brother)
Pauline Townsend (sister)
Rosa Townsend (sister)
Clyde Townsend (brother)
Madeleine Townsend (sister)
Elbert Townsend (brother)
Wesley A. Townsend (brother)
Catherine M Townsend (sister)
Ethel M. Townsend (wife)
Janice E. Townsend (daughter)

More information

Pfc Paul E. Townsend as a fireman before he enlisted in Hobart, Oklahoma on 9 March 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Hostadt Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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