Travis W. Nixon

Age:   24 Hometown: Saint John, WA Date of Death: 10/29/2005 Incident Location: Lwara, Afghanistan Branch of Military:   Army Rank: Staff Sgt Unit: 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborn Unit's Base: Fort Bragg, NC

 

His mother, Maggie Nixon, told his former hometown newspaper, The Community Current, that he was the only casualty. "He alerted his squad of nine men of the danger and no one else was hurt." Dan Harwood, of nearby St. John, considered Nixon to be a second son after watching him grow up as the best friend of his own son Randy. "One thing that everyone needs to know about Travis, he firmly believed in our country and he believed in what he was doing in Afghanistan." "One of the things that was real evident, and this came from his mom, was that he wanted to be able to help the people of Afghanistan to be free, to be independent, and to not be bullied," Harwood said

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