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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Norman Earl Little.

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NORMAN EARL LITTLE

Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

February 3, 1948 – March 27, 1970

Service record

Norman Earl Little, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12W · Line 49

Position of Panel 12W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Helicopter Mechanic, Ch-53 (6113)
Born
February 3, 1948
Home of record
San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 27, 1970
Age
22
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 12W, Line 49

From San Angelo

All 23 names from San Angelo →

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.