Britt, Wade Hampton, Jr., Maj

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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
Officer Collar Insignia
Major

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Home State
North Carolina
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
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  1942-1943, 7302, VMF-213
From Month/Year
- / 1942 		To Month/Year
April / 1943
Unit
VMF-213 Unit Page
Rank
Major		 MOS
7302-Pilot VMF
Base, Station or City
Not Specified		State/Country
Solomon Islands
  
 
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 VMF-213 Details

VMF-213 		Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213) was a reserve fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. Nicknamed the "Hell Hawks", the squadron fought during World War II in the Philippines and at the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. With its assignment to the USS Essex (CV-9) and Air Group 4, VMF-213 along with VMF-124 was one of the first two Marine squadrons to augment carrier air groups during World War II. The squadron was credited with downing 117 enemy aircraft during the war.
Type
Aviation 		 
Parent Unit
Fixed Wing Units 		Strength
USMC Squadron
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

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Maj Wade Hampton Britt Jr
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Britt, Wade Hampton, Maj, (1936-1943) 75 7302 Major
Boag, Arthur R, LtCol, (1941-1967) 75 7302 First Lieutenant
LeBoeuf, John W., Maj, (1939-1959) 75 7302 Second Lieutenant
Cloake, Wallace Henry, Maj, (1940-1943) 75 7598 Major
Cupp, James, Col, (1942-1968) 75 7598 Captain
Shaw, Edward Oliver, Capt, (1941-1944) 75 7598 Captain
Brown, Theron Hart, Capt, (1941-1943) 75 7598 First Lieutenant
Defabio, George Charles, Capt, (1942-1945) 75 7598 First Lieutenant
Eckart, Leland Leroy, Capt, (1942-1943) 75 7598 First Lieutenant
Garison, Foy Ray, Capt, (1942-1943) 75 7598 First Lieutenant
Glascock, Vernon Lyle, 1stLt, (1942-1943) 75 7598 First Lieutenant
Roberts, Robert Theodore, Capt, (1942-1943) 75 7598 First Lieutenant
Thomas, Wilbur, Capt 75 7598 First Lieutenant
Winnia, Charles Casper, 1stLt, (1941-1943) 75 7598 First Lieutenant
Bennett, George Collin, 1stLt, (1942-1943) 75 7598 Second Lieutenant
Hatfield, Robert Verne, Capt, (1942-1943) 75 7598 Second Lieutenant
Peck, Milton Edward, 1stLt, (1942-1943) 75 7598 Second Lieutenant
Rawson, George H., 2ndLt, (1942-1943) 75 7598 Second Lieutenant
Allen, John Edward, LtCol, (1938-1958) OF 1057 First Lieutenant
Spoede, Herman Henry, Capt, (1942-1944) OF 1057 First Lieutenant
Miller, Kenneth, Sgt, (1943-1945) 60 6000 Corporal
Wirz, Neil Lawrence, Sgt, (1942-1946) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Livingood, William C., CAPT, (1942-1962) 23XX Lieutenant
Vedder, Milton Norwood, 1stLt, (1941-1944) First Lieutenant
Walley, James, LtCol, (1943-1968) First Lieutenant
Garison, Foy Ray, Capt, (1940-1943) Captain

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