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JOSEPH BRUCE BRITTAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1948 – November 4, 1970
Service recordJoseph Bruce Brittain, of Bloomington, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Indiana (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 38
- RAY ARNETT JRLance Corporal · November 4, 1970
- ROBERT HORACE BENNETTCaptain · November 4, 1970
- LUIS ANTONIO CRUZLance Corporal · November 4, 1970
- JOHNELL WITHERSPOONSpecialist Five · November 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHNELL WITHERSPOONSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 38
From Bloomington
- KENNETH LEE WALTERSSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD WORKMANSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- ALAN THOMAS READPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK LIROTPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- WALTER MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate · February 11, 1968
- BOBBY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- HARRY TILLMAN NIGGLELieutenant Colonel · February 5, 1969
- BRUCE WILLIAM SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · March 28, 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.