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ALFONSO ANTONIO BRITO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1945 – January 23, 1971
Service recordAlfonso Antonio Brito, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 23, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 62
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARIDV
- Born
- June 5, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 62
- DONALD LEE SENTIPrivate · January 22, 1971
- FREDERICK ANTHONY VIGILSergeant · January 22, 1971
- JERRY WOODROW CUTTINGSergeant · January 23, 1971
- GEORGE RICHARD MARR JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1971
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.