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STEVEN MICHAEL BRITTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 16, 1948 – February 4, 1969
Service recordSteven Michael Britton, of Galion, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 54
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Galion, Ohio (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 54
- JOSEPH HAROLD BRUBAKER JRCorporal · February 4, 1969
- LEE ERVIN BURNORSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- JIMMY OWEN CALLPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- JAMES DALE CAMPStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEE ERVIN BURNORSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 54
- JAMES DALE CAMPStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 54
- DAVID HOWZE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 57
- HAROLD REED RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 58
- JOSEPH JOHN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 59
- WILLIAM ALLAN TENNANTSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 59
From Galion
- DONALD HENRY MONAT JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 25, 1967
- ROBERT JACOB MILLER JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- WILLIAM F UNCKRICHCaptain · October 10, 1969
- RONDALL PRESTON SPEARSPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- DAVID WESLEY SULSERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.