While assigned as a Platoon Leader, Company C, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, Lieutenant Lee was leading a night mission in Dinh Tuong Province in the Mekong Delta when it came under attack. He set up his men in a secure defense perimeter and directed air and artillery fire until the enemy was driven back. Later in the night the enemy renewed the attack. Disregarding his own safety, Lt. Lee moved among his men giving instructions and encouragement until he was mortally wounded by enemy fire. Lt. Lee’s extraordinary heroism in close combat with hostile forces was in keeping with the highest traditions of the military forces and reflected great credit upon himself, the 9th Infantry Division and the United States Army.

As a result of his outstanding heroism and selfless devotion to duty, many friendly lives were saved. Combat Engineer, LT Lee was posthumously awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, The Silver Star, The Bronze Star Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster, and Purple Heart. First Lieutenant Travis Bertrand Lee, United States Army, was born 13 OCT 1945 in Lynchburg, Virgina. He graduated from Sprayberry High School in 1963 and then Southern Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology in 1965. Travis played for and coached baseball in the East Marietta Little League where a ball field is named in his honor at Sewell Park. He was accepted for Combat Engineering OCS at Ft. Belvoir, VA. and upon graduation, selected to become a TAC officer in the same program. He was killed on 17 April, 1969 five weeks after arriving in Vietnam.

He is buried in Marietta National Cemetery and memorialized at Sewell Park.