|
Wallace Oldham Travers, Jr
Private First Class
G CO, 2ND BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF United States Marine Corps St Louis, Missouri December 06, 1949 to August 18, 1968 WALLACE O TRAVERS Jr is on the Wall at Panel W48, Line 49 |
   |
  |
|
After all these years I still miss you. I wanted so bad to be with you. We still have wars, men still die, but ours was a time those of us still left will never forget. You will always be a Hero to me. Rest in Peace, Brother.
From a cousin, |
A Note from The Virtual WallIn mid-August 1968 the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 5th Marines and the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines conducted a cordon-and-search operation in the vicinity of Chau Phong, Quang Nam Province. On 18 August Golf 2/5 engaged an enemy platoon and killed 37 North Vietnamese soldiers - but lost seven Marines in the action:
|
| Contact Us | © Copyright 1997-2019 www.VirtualWall.org, Ltd ®(TM) | Last update 08/15/2019. |