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JAMES LEONARD TRAVIS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 15, 1948 – November 22, 1967
Service recordJames Leonard Travis JR, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Kentucky (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 67
- STEPHEN SCOTT SMITHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- FRANK LEROY TAFOYASpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- STEPHEN NEIL THOMASPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BRYAN OTSENSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 65
From Shelbyville
- BENJAMIN LUTHER BARRICKSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- CHARLES IRA CARTERPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · April 12, 1968
- STANLEY GARFIELD LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- EDWIN HOWARD HARDESTY JRSergeant · February 16, 1969
- WILLIAM P THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.