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DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAIN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1942 – May 30, 1966
Service recordDaniel Spenser Brittain, of Frederick, Maryland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 124
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 124
- WALTER JOSEPH WETZELPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- KENNETH WILLIAM WICKELCorporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANCOIS JOSEPHINE BUILAERTSergeant · May 30, 1966
- GARY ANDERSON HADNOTTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1966
From Frederick
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
- STEPHEN EUGENE SROKAPrivate First Class · August 3, 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.