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PETER LITTLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1946 – November 16, 1966
Service recordPeter Little, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 80
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 80
- OCTAVIANO MARTINEZ HARVEYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- JOHN BORGES LEALPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD MCDONALDSpecialist Four · November 16, 1966
- ALAN DALE PIITTMANNChief Master Sergeant · November 16, 1966
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
- LESSELL DUNN JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 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.