Travis Darrell Wells

First Lieutenant Air Force World War II

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Branch of Service: Air Force
Rank: First Lieutenant
Unit: 44th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group
Conflict / Era: World War II
Years of Service: 01/06/1944
Date of Death: 01/06/1944
Hometown: UNKNOWN, OH
Awards & Decorations: Purple Heart, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters (awarded posthumously)
Burial Location: Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Monument Paver: No
Township (entering service): UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death): UNKNOWN
Church: UNKNOWN
School: UNKNOWN
Status: Killed in Action
When: 01/06/1944
Where: South Pacific
Record Authenticated: Yes

Decorations

Biography

Church: UNKNOWN. School: UNKNOWN. Serial #O-737309; body not recovered; MIA/KIA

Source: G.W. Claar; National Archives; American Battle Monuments Commission; HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND (Claudia Robinson Bartow, 2002), p. 27; veteran data form submitted by Joan Wells (sister-in-law)