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RODNEY DWIGHT LITTLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 13, 1949 – August 16, 1969
Service recordRodney Dwight Little, of Long Beach, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 51
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 51
- CLIFFORD PAUL MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · August 16, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS MUSECorporal · August 16, 1969
- ARTURO ALBERTO NAZABAL JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- SAMUEL HENRY PIERCE JRStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEPHEN HEIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 50
- THOMAS DEWITT JONESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 50
- SAMUEL HENRY PIERCE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 51
- CHARLES LEONARD TROXELPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 52
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 52
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.