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THOMAS WESLEY BRITTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 20, 1947 – May 29, 1966
Service recordThomas Wesley Britton JR, of Great Neck, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 116
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Great Neck, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 116
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- JAMES ERNEST CASALECaptain · May 29, 1966
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
From Great Neck
- ARTHUR STEWART MEARNSColonel · November 11, 1966
- KENNETH MICHAEL MONTONESergeant · September 21, 1967
- ANTON D BLOEMHARDFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 1968
- ISRAEL MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 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.