Britt, Wade Hampton, Jr., Maj

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Major

Last Primary MOS
7302-Pilot VMF

Last MOSGroup
Pilots/Naval Flight Officers

Primary Unit
1942-1943, 7302, VMF-213

Service Years
1936 - 1943

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Personal Details

Home State

North Carolina

Year of Birth
1915

The current guardian of this Remembrance Page is GySgt John Rush (MTWS Asst Chief Admin).

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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by Cpl Roger Rape (Mouse) - Deceased

Casualty Info

Home Town Winston-Salem	Last Address Winston-Salem

Casualty Date Apr 13, 1943
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Solomon Islands	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Forsyth Memorial Park Cemetery - Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 6

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	1943, World War II Fallen

1937-1938, 0301, 1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5)

From Month/Year - / 1937	To Month/Year - / 1938
Unit 1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5) Unit Page
Rank Second Lieutenant	MOS 0301-Basic Infantry Officer
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5) Details

	Type Infantry
	Parent Unit Infantry Units	Strength USMC Battalion
	Created/Owned By 44 Rush, John (MTWS Asst Chief Admin), GySgt 536

Last Updated: Mar 20, 2015

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11 Members Also There at Same Time

1st Bn, 5th Marines (1/5)

Turnage, Allen H, Gen, (1913-1948)	3	0302	Lieutenant Colonel
Miller, Lyle H, BGen, (1914-1945)	0	00X	Lieutenant Colonel
Goss, Angus Robert, MG, (1930-1943)	23	2300	Corporal
Burgess, Ralph William, MTSgt(M), (1928-1943)		00E	Staff Sergeant
Moffatt, Benjamin Champlain, PltSgt, (1937-1945)		0300	Private 1st Class
Turnage, Allen H, Gen, (1913-1948)			Colonel
Noble, Alfred H, Gen, (1917-1956)			Lieutenant Colonel
McCaffery, Joseph P., LtCol, (1928-1943)			First Lieutenant
McLeod, Kenneth, LtCol, (1935-1944)			Second Lieutenant
Kondracki, Stanley Frank, GySgt, (1937-1945)			Private
Lewis, Thad Quinton, Sgt, (1937-1944)			Private