Travis A. Fox
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Age: 25
From: Cowpens, S.C.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Travis A. Fox was killed Oct. 30 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: October 30, 2004
South Carolina Marine dies in Iraq
Associated Press
COWPENS, S.C. — Lance Cpl. Travis Fox loved being a Marine. His family said it was all he talked about after graduating from Broome High School in 1998.
His dream came true four years later when he finished basic training at Parris Island near Beaufort. It ended Saturday outside Fallujah when the 25-year-old Fox was killed along with seven other Marines in one of the deadliest days for the U.S. military in the past six months of fighting in Iraq.
“He loved it,” his mother, Cheryl Fox, told the (Spartanburg) Herald-Journal on Monday. “That’s all he talked about — being a Marine.”
Fox wore his uniform whenever he came home to this small South Carolina town, whether he was at a church function, a young cousin’s funeral or his own wedding this past June.
“He looked handsome in that uniform,” longtime friend the Rev. Joey Wampler said. “I was proud of...