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ADRIAN COOGIE BRITTLE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1948 – September 21, 1968
Service recordAdrian Coogie Brittle JR, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 51
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 51
- DOUGLAS KEN BARONSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- VINCENT BERNARDLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY BERRYCorporal · September 21, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS SUDLESKYSergeant · September 21, 1968
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.