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JAMES LINWOOD BRITT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1945 – February 8, 1970
Service recordJames Linwood Britt, of Lumberton, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Lumberton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 116
- WILSON COUCH KOEHLERSergeant · February 8, 1970
- JOSEPH WAYNE MCDONALDLance Corporal · February 8, 1970
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MORANOSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
- GREGORY PAUL WAKULICHPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- WAYNE KARL WOODLANDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE KARL WOODLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 116
From Lumberton
- DAVID THOMPSONSergeant First Class · January 27, 1964
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- HARRY L ALWAYFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · April 6, 1968
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
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.