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JOHN GROVE TRAVER III
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – March 22, 1971
Service recordJohn Grove Traver III, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1971, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 69
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 69
- CLARENCE MYRON SUCHONCorporal · March 22, 1971
- GARY SIDNEY WHITESpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- THOMAS LEE ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- SHERMAN AVANTSergeant · March 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE DOANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 65
- REGINALD DAVID CLEVEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 66
- WALTER RAY HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 66
- DONALD PAUL KNUTSENSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 67
- LARRY DEWAYNE LEAMONSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 67
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 67
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.