“Forever Loved, Never Forgotten”
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Travis grew up in Austin Texas. He has an older brother. He played a lot of sports growing up. He graduated from Westlake High School in Austin. He still loved the outdoors as an adult and loved to go mountain bike riding and snowboarding.
Travis went to college in Portland Oregon but didn't finish, instead he decided to enlist in the Navy. He loved the Navy, his first assignment was at Coronado Island air base in San Diego. He was an aviation structural mechanic and later was part of a squadron from Whidbey air base where he was stationed and was deployed twice on the USS Enterprise to Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism. He had served for seven years at the time of his death. The last year of his life, he served as a recruiter in Gresham, Oregon.
Travis was survived by his wife and three sons and his parents and brother. He served honorably and faithfully in the Navy. We have a lot of good memories to hold in our hearts and we miss him.
Travis' mom, Carolyn Swinnea
Travis went to college in Portland Oregon but didn't finish, instead he decided to enlist in the Navy. He loved the Navy, his first assignment was at Coronado Island air base in San Diego. He was an aviation structural mechanic and later was part of a squadron from Whidbey air base where he was stationed and was deployed twice on the USS Enterprise to Iraq during the Global War on Terrorism. He had served for seven years at the time of his death. The last year of his life, he served as a recruiter in Gresham, Oregon.
Travis was survived by his wife and three sons and his parents and brother. He served honorably and faithfully in the Navy. We have a lot of good memories to hold in our hearts and we miss him.
Travis' mom, Carolyn Swinnea