Pfc.
Charles Townsend served with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines,
India Co. He was Killed In Action during Operation AUBURN. His
name stands proudly on the India 3/5 Wall of
Honor. Semper fidelis, Brother Marine. We will never forget.
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Charles
Townsend
(submitted by Raul Vicente, Jr.)
I
saw the name Townsend among your Memorials and when I clicked
on it you had a picture (above) of Townsend with three other Marines.
The guy in the forefront of that picture is Me. I was a few feet
away from Townsend when he got shot Charlie had just opened up
on us and we were all running toward a paddy about a couple of
hundred feet in front of us. Myself and a Corpsman helped him
and then I went on up to the paddy where eveyone was at and began
helping to lay down suppressing fire to stop the bullets that
Charlie was throwing at us. I thought Townsend had lived. I am
sorry to hear that he died.
