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RANDELL BLAKE LITTLE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1946 – July 3, 1968
Service recordRandell Blake Little, of River Rouge, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 2
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
- Aircraft Communications/Navigation/Electrical/Weapon Systems Technician - Train (6311)
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- River Rouge, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 2
- JOSEPH JOHN JONESSergeant · July 3, 1968
- COLIN EDWARD LAMBFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- JAMES SCOTT LANGWORTHYPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- DILLARD RAY LAYNEPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
From River Rouge
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- KENNETH ALLEN ROELance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN BLOMFELTPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH BUCZOLICHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL JACQUESSpecialist Four · February 6, 1971
- HOWARD JAMES BOWER JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1971
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.