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JAMES HAROLD BRITTAIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1941 – March 31, 1967
Service recordJames Harold Brittain, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 78
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 78
- BARRY ANDREWS CULLISONPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES C DICKEY JRFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1967
- EDWIN SIDNEY GARBERCorporal · March 31, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LESTER BRESHEARSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 77
- CHARLES C DICKEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 78
- GARY FREDERICK SCHULERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 81
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 82
- JOHN ANTHONY TODIPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 82
- JOHN MICHAEL WESTSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 83
From Shelby
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 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.