Townsend, Chester Davis
Army Sergeant 1st class
Chester Davis Townsend, age 31, from Saluda County Saluda, South Carolina .
Spouse: Carried
Children: Son, 5
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, December 1, 1963
Death details: Killede in Vietnam in an ambush that started after a truck carrying American and Vietnamese soldiers ran over a mine.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1963)