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1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller

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Hometown: Granville, Massachusetts, U.S.

Age: 26 years old

Died: January 26, 2005 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base, Hawaii

Incident: Killed when a Marine Corps transport helicopter crashed during a sandstorm near Rutbah.

Travis J. Fuller was a standout student and athlete who dazzled teachers and friends with his ability to put as much effort and dedication into physical training as he did into academics. He was as strong a leader as he was a team member, they said. Fuller, 26, a native of Granville, Mass., and based at Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii, died Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash in western Iraq _ the military's deadliest crash of the Iraq war. Fuller attended Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, Mass., and earned a bachelor of science degree in marine transportation. His teachers found plenty to praise. "Travis was very good and everyone enjoyed being around him," said Eduardo Martinez, his high school wrestling coach. Added high school assistant principal James E. Vincent: "He was a good student with outstanding work habits again, both in the classroom and the wrestling mat."


1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller

FULLER, 1st Lt. Travis J. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller, 26, diedWednesday (January 26, 2005) in a CH-53 Helicopter crash in Iraq, during operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was born in Springfield, MA, grew up in Granville, MA and graduated from Southwick-Tolland Regional High School in 1997. Travis was co-captain of the wrestling team and was a member of the cross-country team and Boys State. He graduated from Mass Maritime Academy where he also ran cross-country. Mass Maritime Academy will be renaming their September Invitational 5-mile Invitational Cross Country Race to the Travis J Fuller Cross Country Invitational. He was commissioned in June of 2001 and was based in Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii. He was also deployed in Cambodia, Thailand, North Korea, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. He leaves his parents David and Joanne (Ayotte) Fuller of Granville; two sisters, Jennifer Francis and her husband Robert of Bowdoin, ME and Rebecca Fuller and her wife Patricia Grant of Roslindale; and his grandmothers, Jean Ayotte of Agawam, MA, Marilyn Fuller of Granville and Jean Jinks of Tolland. The Funeral Mass will be Monday at 12 Noon in St. John the Evangelist Church followed by committal services with Full Military Honors in the Massachusetts Veteran's Memorial Cemetery. Calling hours at the Agawam Curran-Jones Funeral Home will be Saturday 4-8 p.m. and Sunday 2-5 p.m. fulltrav

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Granville – Tolland Citizen's Scholarship Foundation for the Lt. Travis Fuller Memorial Scholarship, P.O. Box 215, Granville, MA 01034-0214.

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Published in Hartford Courant on February 3, 2005

Marine 1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller

26, of Granville, Mass.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; killed Jan. 26 when the CH-53E helicopter in which he was riding crashed near Rutbah, Iraq. Twenty-nine Marines and one sailor also were killed.http://www.militarycity.com/valor/images/memorial_flag.jpg

Massachusetts Marine killed in Iraq CH-53 crash

Associated Press

GRANVILLE, Mass. — Marine 1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller was remembered on Friday as a standout student and athlete who put as much effort and dedication into his physical training as he did in the classroom.

Fuller, 26, was among the 31 people killed in a helicopter crash in the Iraqi desert on Wednesday, according to the Pentagon. It was the U.S. military’s deadliest crash of the Iraq war.

“I can’t think of words to say,” Jean E. Ayotte, Fuller’s grandmother, told The Republican of Springfield. “It’s pretty hard to take, that’s for sure.”

Fuller, a Granville native, was a 1997 graduate of Southwick-Tolland Regional High School, who went on to attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in marine transportation.

Fuller’s parents, David and Joanne Fuller, are staying with relatives outside the area and could not be reached for comment, Ayotte said.

“They are destroyed,” she said.

Fuller also has two sisters, said Ayotte, who lives in Agawam.

Fuller was a leader, said Eduardo Martinez, his high school wrestling coach. He was respected by his teammates and was captain of the team his senior year.

“Travis was very good and everyone enjoyed being around him,” Martinez said.

Fuller was on the 19-member New England All-Star team in 1996 that participated in an international wrestling competition in Puerto Rico, where he won the 132-pound class in his age division.

“He was a good student with outstanding work habits, again, both in the classroom and the wrestling mat,” said James E. Vincent, the assistant principal when Fuller attended high school.

Fuller and the others died when their CH-53E Super Stallion went down in western Iraq while transporting troops for security operations in preparation for Sunday’s elections.

Fuller, 3rd Platoon commander for Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Hawaii, saw action in Fallujah in November when his unit fought insurgents.

More than 1,400 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 25 were from Massachusetts, according to the Pentagon.http://www.militarycity.com/valor/images/memorial_flag.jpg

Family keeps promise made to slain Marine

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The parents of Marine 1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller promised their son that when he returned from his tour of duty in Iraq they would meet him in Hawaii.

Fuller died in a helicopter crash in Iraq on Jan. 26. He was 26.

Earlier this week, Joanne and David Fuller of Granville kept that promise to their son when they attended a ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay, about 12 miles northeast of Honolulu, where Travis Fuller was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star with a V for valor, for his bravery while fighting insurgents in Fallujah.

“We had told Travis that when he returned from Iraq ... we would be here in Hawaii to meet the plane, and we didn’t want to do any less,” Joanne Fuller told The Republican of Springfield from Hawaii, where she was joined by her three daughters and other family members. “We were quite honored that the entire battalion was here.”

The formality of the Marines during the 90-minute ceremony melted away at the end when many of the men Travis Fuller commanded hugged his family.

“They all reminded us what a great guy he was. He was very confident, didn’t consider his own safety,” she said.

The Marines told the Fullers that their son used his sense of humor to keep them loose.

Fuller’s citation notes enemy fire had pinned down the Marines as they advanced on a mosque while fighting in Fallujah, but Fuller traversed the battlefield to check on his men.

“His exceptional display of valor resulted in the destruction of four insurgents and enabled the unit to continue with its mission,” the Marines said.

Associated Press

US Marine 1st Lieutenant Travis J. Fuller, 26, of Granville

Date: December 23, 2004 11:42:30 AM EST

     I'm healing rather fast and should be back in the fight soon. When I was in the hospital today one of my Marines was brought in. He has shrapnel wounds on the left side of his body. A guy dropped a grenade off a roof about 4 feet away. Luckily it was a crappy Egyptian grenade and it didn't mess him up too bad. There were 5 insurgents in the building he was next to. I think they killed all 5 and he was the only Marine injured, so I guess they are not doing too bad without me. I just wish I was there. I hope I am here for the next one. I'm wheeling him around in a wheelchair. He can walk but this just makes things easier, and plus we can usually cut in the lines when you have a Marine in a wheelchair.


     Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I think they have something planned and some big shot is coming to visit.
     That's all for now,
     trav


Memorial Scholarship Established:  The family has announced it will set up a Lt. Travis Fuller Memorial Scholarship through the Granville-Tolland Citizen's Scholarship Foundation.  Contributions should be made to the fund by sending a check tmade out to the GTSF and mailed to PO Box 214, Granville, MA 01034.

Lt. Travis J. Fuller


   

Monday, January 31 2005 @ 08:25 AM EST

Boston Herald -- The kids at the Granville Village School had written a big stack of cards for their own Marine, Lt. Travis J. Fuller, who was once one of them but grew up and went to serve his country in Iraq. individuals us





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