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TRAVIS GARY WALDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – February 27, 1967
Service recordTravis Gary Walden, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 111
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 111
- CLARENCE VARNADOStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1967
- BRIAN CHARLES WEHNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- NEIL STEPHEN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- RONALD LEE ZEMPELAirman · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ESTUS ABSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 102
- J H HOUSTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 105
- JOSE REYMUNDO LOZANOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 107
- OTIS BEVERLEY SINKSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 109
- GORDON RAY TEFTELLERCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 110
- WALTER REED THOMASStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 110
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.