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LOUIS WESLEY TRAVERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1949 – January 21, 1971
Service recordLouis Wesley Travers, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 58
- ARTHUR S NABBENFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1971
- RONALD DEE STEPHENSONCorporal · January 20, 1971
- RONALD MILLARD GARRISONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
- ROBERT HRISOULISSergeant · January 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD MILLARD GARRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 58
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.