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TRAVIS BERTRAND LEE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1945 – April 17, 1969
Service recordTravis Bertrand Lee JR, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 101
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- 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 April 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 101
- MICHAEL P RIBICHSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- KEITH KESKISpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- ALBERT ALLEN LADDSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOHN LAUZONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- ANTHONY LAVITE IIICaptain · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BITTINGER JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 98
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 99
- WILLIAM WILLIS GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 99
- WALTER MINOR TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 104
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
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.