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WILLIAM NED BRITTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 1947 – March 7, 1968
Service recordWilliam Ned Britton, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Radio Repairer (2841)
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 41
- RICHARD DUNCAN BAHRFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1968
- ENRIQUE MUNOZ BERNALCorporal · March 7, 1968
- STEPHEN FLOYD BOOTHSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- GERALD KEITH BROWNSergeant · March 7, 1968
- STEPHEN G CARLOSSpecialist Five · March 7, 1968
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.