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BRENT BRITTEN NAUSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1948 – September 2, 1969
Service recordBrent Britten Nauss, of Howell, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 25
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Howell, Michigan (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 25
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCCORMACKPrivate · September 2, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- EDWARD RAY SARGENTCorporal · September 2, 1969
- RAYMOND WALTER VAUGHAN JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY FUTOSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 23
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCCORMACKPrivate · Panel 18W, Line 25
From Howell
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN DIGGSSpecialist Four · September 15, 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.