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WILLIAM F LITTLE III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1946 – November 11, 1969
Service recordWilliam F Little III, of Mountainside, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 58
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Mountainside, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 58
- CHARLES JOSEPH KEITTPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- CLEATUS PAUL KIMBLESpecialist Five · November 11, 1969
- RICHARD STEPHEN LEACHPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- DENNIS PAUL LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL FRANKLIN GOACHERCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 57
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 59
From Mountainside
- JAMES THOMAS EGAN JRCaptain · January 21, 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.