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GARY WILLIAM BRITTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1946 – May 18, 1970
Service recordGary William Britton, of Newport, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Newport, Oregon (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 60
- MARK WARREN BACHERSergeant · May 18, 1970
- CARL TAYLOR BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1970
- ROBERT KENNETH COLEWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
- ALBERT B CROUCHWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK WARREN BACHERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 60
- MICHAEL HEINRICHCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 62
- CARWAIN L HERRINGTONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 62
- JAMES JOSEPH WILKINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 63
From Newport
- GARY EUGENE ELFORDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- LYMAN ALLISTER MCMULLENSpecialist Five · August 18, 1966
- GERALD DON HUFFMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES MARTIN BEARPrivate First Class · June 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.