Story County

 

Pvt. Robert Luverne Townsend

 

 

Robert Luverne “Bob” Townsend was born June 7, 1921 to Isaac Nolan “Ike" and Margaret Rebecca Watts. He died Dec. 8, 1944.

Pvt. Townsend served in World War II with the U.S. Army Service Company Tank Battalion and was KIA in Italy in the service of his country. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com