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DANNY LEONARD LITTLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – April 23, 1970
Service recordDanny Leonard Little, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 41
- KENNETH ROLAND JONESFirst Sergeant · April 23, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS KELLY IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1970
- ALBIN EARL LUCKICaptain · April 23, 1970
- LARRON DAVID MURPHYCaptain · April 23, 1970
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
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.