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GARY DEAN LITTLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 25, 1944 – July 8, 1967
Service recordGary Dean Little, of Leavenworth, Kansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 37
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Leavenworth, Kansas (Leavenworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 37
- HARVEY JUNIOR KINSEYCorporal · July 8, 1967
- DONALD HARRY KITOLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- THOMAS VINCENT MALLOYCorporal · July 8, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PRITCHARDCaptain · July 8, 1967
From Leavenworth
- MURVIN SCHALIPP JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- EDDIE RAY DERRITTCorporal · May 3, 1966
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- RAYMOND HORACE PIKE JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERENCE FAIRCHILD SAGECaptain · January 31, 1968
- HARRY IVAN FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOE LOUIS EMERYPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- HAROLD KENNETH RINGFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- CARROLL WAYNE SPRAGINSCaptain · March 10, 1970
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.