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KENNETH JOHN BRITT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1949 – November 25, 1968
Service recordKenneth John Britt, of Norcross, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 55
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Norcross, Georgia (Gwinnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 55
- MICHAEL DEL BIRDWELLCaptain · November 25, 1968
- PAUL EUGENE BONNETTESpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- JOHN ELMER BRIXSergeant · November 25, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 53
- LAWRENCE ELLSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 57
- RALPH BUDDY MULKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 60
- JOSEPH VINCENT STACKPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 61
- JACK MICHAEL ZAITZSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 63
From Norcross
- CHARLES M HONOUR JRLieutenant Colonel · February 18, 1966
- CARLOS RANDALL HATCHERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- GRADY THACKERSergeant · April 13, 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.