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PETER CLARK LITTLE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 30, 1945 – April 16, 1969
Service recordPeter Clark Little, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 96
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 96
- THOMAS KENDRICK LONGStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1969
- ANTHONY G MARKEVITCH JRSergeant · April 16, 1969
- RALPH CHARLES MUNSEYPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1969
- LEON JOSEPH PIERCECaptain · April 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT W SATTERFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 97
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 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.