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Personal info

Full name
TOWNSEND, Richard Travis
Date of birth
13 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Crisfield, Prince George's County, Maryland
Hometown
Crisfield, Prince George's County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33062996
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
371st Field Artillery Battalion,
99th Infantry Division,
Headquarters
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Honsfeld/Büllingen/Buchholz area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 12

Immediate family

Members
Lester E. Townsend (father)
Mabel Townsend (mother)
John S. Townsend (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard T. Townsend enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 19 June 1941.
Pfc Townsend got married, before he was sent to Europe, In Dallas, Texas on 21 May 1944.

Source of information: Cor van den Burg, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - The Elrod Family Tree / U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans / 1920/1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/ - 99th Infantry Division, Battle of the Bulge

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet