Corporal Travis C. Dodson
Age:22
Travis Dodson was born on October 14, 1985. He has an infectious smile and charming personality that has endeared him to everyone. Travis is very athletic, riding a two wheeler bike by age three. He is an avid golfer and competed with the Deming Golf Team from eighth grade through his Senior year. He graduated from Deming High School in 2004 and attended New Mexico Military Institute for his freshman year of college.
Travis enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August of 2005 and graduated from boot camp in San Diego that November. He was assigned to the 2nd battalion 3rd Marines as a machine gunner, stationed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Travis was deployed to Iraq September 12, 2006. On Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Travis was severely wounded in combat. Please keep Travis and his family in your prayers.
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Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
Travis has come home for Labor Day weekend and we are enjoying him!! He didn't actually come home to see us, his good friend Riley is home for his pre-deployment leave, we're just glad we live in the same town as Riley :) Ana will come to Deming after her last class this afternoon. I have also heard from Joseph Poquiz's mother and Travis unit was in the green zone in Kuwait yesterday and expected to be on US soil today. I did find out that Lt. Col Galei, whom I met in Hawaii, was killed in action by a suicide bomber in June, and Sgt. Major Wilkenson, whom I also met, suffered severe injuries to his legs in the same bombing. My information comes from Lt. Col Matthews (used to be Major), but he doesn't know the recent statis on Sgt. Major Wilkenson. By the way, Lt. Col Matthews and his wife Dee have just had their second child, a son named Benjamin.
Well, that's all the news I have for now. Travis and his therapists, etc. are still trying to get his new leg to work correctly. He'll have an appointment when he returns to San Antonio, but he is here until Sept. 4th.
Have a wonderful break from your labors,
Love, Cheryl Kae, Casey, Travis, Lauren, Haley & Chris