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ELMORE BRITTINGHAM JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1927 – March 25, 1967
Service recordElmore Brittingham JR, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Stevedore (56E)
- Born
- November 23, 1927
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 41
- ERIC MARVIN BARNESCaptain · March 25, 1967
- FREDERICK WILSON BERGESSPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- CLARENCE HERBERT BURSAWPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- JACKSON ELLIOTT COXSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
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.