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BERNARD BRUCE BRITTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1946 – August 20, 1967
Service recordBernard Bruce Britton, of Parish, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Parish, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 18
- ROBERT EDWARD VIGGIANOPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- GARFIELD WEST JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
From Parish
- REXFORD ADELBERT LAROCKLance Corporal · September 24, 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.