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ROY CHARLES LITTLEHALES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1947 – February 16, 1967
Service recordRoy Charles Littlehales, of Stanhope, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Stanhope, New Jersey (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 47
- ANASTACIO HERNANDEZ BELTRANSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- LEE LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- MARLOW MARTIN LOECKERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 47
- GARY CHARLES RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 51
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 52
From Stanhope
- HENRY ELLWOOD PEARCE IIHospitalman · January 23, 1969
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.