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BRITT TELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1943 – May 5, 1966
Service recordBritt Tell JR, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Born
- August 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 31
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- KENNETH DEANE THOMAS JRCaptain · May 5, 1966
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
- BARRIE VANE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
From Jonesboro
- DAVID HAROLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD CRAINSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD EUGENE STROUDSergeant · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RONEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT RAY MCGINNISSergeant · July 2, 1969
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · August 13, 1970
- JOSEPH LEE CHAMBERSFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1970
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
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.