Wallace Oldham Travers, Jr

Private First Class
G CO, 2ND BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
06 December 1949 - 18 August 1968
St Louis, Missouri
Panel 48W Line 049

1ST MARDIV

5TH MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Wallace Oldham Travers, Jr

06 Jul 2006

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.

From a cousin,
Clarence McQuary
probation8@juno.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

In 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:
  • SSgt Freddy R. Williams, Plains, GA (Silver Star)
  • Cpl Michael D. Hale, Lebanon, IN
  • Cpl James O. Spaw, Costa Mesa, CA
  • LCpl Larry W. Walker, Greensboro, NC
  • LCpl Michael R. Witt, Cincinnati, OH
  • Pfc Douglas S. Scroggins, Wing, AL
  • Pfc Wallace O. Travers, St Louis, MO




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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