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MICHAEL RICHARD TRAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1947 – March 2, 1968
Service recordMichael Richard Travis, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Vinh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 43
- ARISTIDES SOSACorporal · March 2, 1968
- WARREN LEE TALLSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- CARREL JEAN TITSWORTHSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.