Wallace Oldham Travers, JrPrivate First ClassG CO, 2ND BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV United States Marine Corps 06 December 1949 - 18 August 1968 St Louis, Missouri Panel 48W Line 049 |
 
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The database page for Wallace Oldham Travers, Jr
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After all these years I still miss you. I wanted so bad to be with you. We still have wars, men still die, but ours was a time those of us still left will never forget. You will always be a Hero to me. Rest in Peace, Brother.
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A Note from The Virtual WallIn mid-August 1968 the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 5th Marines and the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines conducted a cordon-and-search operation in the vicinity of Chau Phong, Quang Nam Province. On 18 August Golf 2/5 engaged an enemy platoon and killed 37 North Vietnamese soldiers - but lost seven Marines in the action:
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 06 Jul 2006
Last updated 08/10/2009