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MILTON DONALD BRITTON
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 25, 1922 – April 6, 1962
Service recordMilton Donald Britton, of Owosso, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 6, 1962, in Laos, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 25, 1922
- Home of record
- Owosso, Michigan (Shiawassee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1962
- Age
- 40
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1962. In April 1962, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Laos, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 8
- IVAN PRESTON WHITLOCKTechnical Sergeant · April 2, 1962
- BARNEY KAATZSergeant First Class · April 6, 1962
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
From Owosso
- ARNEL J DAVIS JRSergeant · June 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- RALPH JOEL CRUTTSSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · March 29, 1970
- DONALD JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR LOUXSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
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.