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
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06 Jul 2006

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,
Clarence McQuary
probation8@juno.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

In 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:
  • SSgt Freddy R. Williams, Plains, GA (Silver Star)
  • Cpl Michael D. Hale, Lebanon, IN
  • Cpl James O. Spaw, Costa Mesa, CA
  • LCpl Larry W. Walker, Greensboro, NC
  • LCpl Michael R. Witt, Cincinnati, OH
  • Pfc Douglas S. Scroggins, Wing, AL
  • Pfc Wallace O. Travers, St Louis, MO

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