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ROBERT HENRY LITTLEFIELD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1949 – April 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Henry Littlefield, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 17
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; 50 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 17
- CHRISFINO DENNIS LEALPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE LINVILLEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONECorporal · April 16, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM MARLOWESpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.