James Watson Townsend
Military
Group Executive Officer
416th Bomb Group - 9th Air Force
Melun, France
Object Number - UPL 48597 - LTC James Watson Townsend Group Executive Officer 416th Bomb Group - 9th Air Force Melun, France
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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| Rensselaer, Indiana | 6 October 1940 | ||
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Died |
Indianapolis, Indiana | 25 November 1971 | James W. Townsend, 63, brother of State Sen. Wayne Townsend, R.R. 2, Hartford City, died early Thursday at his home in Indianapolis. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Flanner and Buchanan Mortuary, 23 W. Fall Creek Blvd., Indianapolis. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, with full military honors. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Mr. Townsend, a native of Upland, was assistant chief for the division of land acquisition for the Indiana Highway Department. He had held that post since 1961 and prior to that served 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a colonel. He was born in Upland and was a graduate of Upland High School and Purdue University. He was a member of the American Society of Appraisers, the Scottish Rite and the Order of the Eastern Star. He was also a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and was a deacon in the Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis. |
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Buried |
Rossville, Indiana | 27 November 1971 | Rossville Cemetery Rossville, Clinton County, Indiana, USA |
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Other Graduated |
West Lafayette, Indiana | Purdue University Bachelor of Science |
