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Personal info

Full name
TOWNS, Preston Eugene
Date of birth
18 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
Hometown
Richmond County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
O-402936
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 91

Immediate family

Members
Matthew H. Towns (father)
Eliza A. (Burkett) Towns (mother)
Forest Towns (brother)
Evelyn (Holmes) Towns (wife)

More information

Capt Preston E. Towns graduated from Academy of Richmond County in 1937 and attended Elon College in North Carolina.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Elon College Alumni News, Academy of Richmond County - 1938