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SHERRICK CAMDEN BRITTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1949 – April 10, 1968
Service recordSherrick Camden Britton, of Daly City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Daly City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 8
- RONNIE FRANKLIN BRANAMSergeant · April 10, 1968
- AUBREY ALLEN BRYANSergeant First Class · April 10, 1968
- GARY LEE BURKEPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FRANK HARRY BUSHEYPrivate · April 10, 1968
From Daly City
- RONALD LEE BELKNAPCorporal · August 8, 1966
- GLEN MARK MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MOLOSSILance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD KOLLMANNCommander · March 12, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN CLIFFORDSecond Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- JUAN CARLOS QUINTANASpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- EDWARD PAUL VANDERVORTCorporal · February 4, 1969
- DONALD CHARLES BOSBERYFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- HENRY DANIEL BELL JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
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.