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DAN MICHAEL BRITT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1948 – March 18, 1969
Service recordDan Michael Britt, of Fairmont, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 65
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairmont, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 65
- DELMER VIRGIL ASHBROOKSergeant · March 17, 1969
- BERNARD ANTHONY ZAMBRANOPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- ROBERT LLOYD BALDWINFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE BARRETT JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BARRETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 65
- MARK FRANCIS DANIELSSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 66
- LARRY KENT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 67
- JOE BUTLER EASTERNPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 67
- JIMMY LEE LARSENSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 70
- WILLIAM LOVETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 71
From Fairmont
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE JEROME PEPPERS JRSergeant · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY RAY JONESPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- WILLIE B MCNEILLSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- WILLIE F OXENDINE IIIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- WYMAN GENE BRITTSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
- VICTOR LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · October 11, 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.