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WILLIAM HARRY TRAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1946 – May 12, 1967
Service recordWilliam Harry Travis, of Mikado, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Mikado, Michigan (Alcona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 101
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN STEWARTColonel · May 12, 1967
- JOHN STRAUDOVSKISPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
From Mikado
- VICTOR STEVEN SCHLICHTINGStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1969
- DENNIS LAVERN WASZKIEWICZStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
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.