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AQUILLA FRIEND BRITT
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 7, 1934 – October 25, 1967
Service recordAquilla Friend Britt, of El Cajon, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 25, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 64
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 7, 1934
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 64
- GILBERT THOMAS BEAUPRESpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BONINSergeant · October 25, 1967
- GREGORY JAMES CANDLERLance Corporal · October 25, 1967
- PATRICK J CARNELLSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
From El Cajon
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SULLIVANPetty Officer Third Class · February 25, 1969
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.