Jose Antonio Travieso

Jose Antonio Travieso

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA February 6, 1968

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10 Infantryman
22 year old Married, Caucasian, Male
Born on May 15, 1945
From NEW YORK, NEW YORK
His tour of duty began on Dec 18, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 06, 1968
in KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
Religion
ROMAN CATHOLIC

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Jose Travieso was killed during the Battle of Kontum, Tet Offensive 1968,
at grid reference AR902933, approximately 18 kilometers northeast of Kontum City.

PFC Jose A. Travieso's decorations

Jose is also eligible to receive the Conspicuous Service Cross
from the State of New York

Jose Travieso demonstrating hand-to-hand combat technique

Left:

Citation for the Bronze Star Medal for Heroism

Awarded to PFC Jose Travieso

Burial:
Long Island National Cemetery
Farmingdale
Suffolk County
New York, USA
Plot: N, 29910A

Grave marker for Jose A. Travieso

Photo by GLENN from the Find A Grave website

For a tribute to Jose A. Travieso click on the following link:

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