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JON PAUL TRAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1945 – January 26, 1966
Service recordJon Paul Travis, of Corning, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Corning, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 98
- ARTHUR REGOCorporal · January 26, 1966
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- ALENN MERRITT TATEPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERASpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
- DAVID ALAN LANELance Corporal · January 27, 1966
From Corning
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- EDWARD PAUL HANSHAWLance Corporal · January 31, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOCKERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN HIVELYLance Corporal · June 19, 1969
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.