1st Lieutenant Travis Fuller- Agawam, MA
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A Purple Heart Trail marker honoring 1st Lieutenant Travis Fuller, who died in Iraq, is locate on the southbound side of Main Street, in front of the Agawam Senior Center at 954 Main St, Agawam, MA.
Waymark Code: WMWJDF
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2017
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Agawam has placed a series of Purple Heart Trail markers along
the southbound, west side of Main Street. Each marker honors a veteran that received the Purple Heart during their military service.
The purple and white sign contains the image the Purple Heart medal on the left side and the inscription:
PURPLE
HEART
TRAIL
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1LT TRAVIS FULLER USMC KIA IRAQ
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AGAWAM, MA
Marine 1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller, from Granville, MA, was serving as the 3rd Platoon commander for Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. He was killed in Iraq on January 26, 2005 when the CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter in which he was riding crashed in a desert sandstorm near Rutbah in western Iraq. Twenty-nine other Marines and one sailor also were also killed. It was the U.S. military’s deadliest crash of the Iraq war. 1st Lt. Travis Fuller was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star with a V for valor, for his bravery while fighting insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq