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THOMAS EARL LITTLEPAGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1947 – January 24, 1970
Service recordThomas Earl Littlepage, of Princeton, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Princeton, Indiana (Gibson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 63
- RANDALL EARL PERRYCorporal · January 24, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE SHELTONCorporal · January 24, 1970
- NATHANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
- DONALD RAY YARBOROCorporal · January 24, 1970
From Princeton
- HOLLIE BOYD RUSSELLPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1966
- RICHARD EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE STALEY JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- STEPHEN WAYNE HADLEYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS LYNNPrivate First Class · June 7, 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.