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

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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

1941-1942, 7598, VMF-111

From Month/Year - / 1941	To Month/Year - / 1942
Unit VMF-111 Unit Page
Rank Captain	MOS 7598-Basic Fixed-Wing Pilot
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Solomon Islands

Patch	VMF-111 Details

	Type Aviation
	Parent Unit Fixed Wing Units	Strength USMC Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jan 9, 2023

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13 Members Also There at Same Time

VMF-111

Deuterman, William, 1stLt, (1940-1942)	75	7598	First Lieutenant
Gordon, Lewis, Maj, (1940-1943)	75	7598	First Lieutenant
Parks, Mitchell Lee, Capt, (1941-1945)	75	7598	First Lieutenant
Porter, R. Bruce, Col, (1940-1962)	75	7598	First Lieutenant
Schmitt, Edwin Marston, Maj, (1940-1943)	75	7598	First Lieutenant
Amende, Jack Ralph, Maj, (1938-1945)	75	7598	Second Lieutenant
Crum, Youell Lester, Capt, (1942-1943)	75	7598	Second Lieutenant
Gardner, Harold Edwin, Capt, (1942-1943)	75	7598	Second Lieutenant
Holden, Frank Joseph, 2ndLt, (1940-1941)	75	7598	Second Lieutenant
Lyon, Jack Heber, 2ndLt, (1940-1942)	75	7598	Second Lieutenant
Lyon, Jack Herber, 2ndLt, (1940-1942)	75	7598	Second Lieutenant
Petersen, Robert Lowell, Maj, (1940-1943)	75	7598	Second Lieutenant
Caloss, Dario, MTSgt, (1940-1947)	OF	747	Private 1st Class