The Wall › Panel 14W › Montana › William Gregory Little
WILLIAM GREGORY LITTLE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1948 – January 14, 1970
Service recordWilliam Gregory Little, of Kalispell, Montana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 32
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Kalispell, Montana (Flathead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 32
- JOSEPH PAUL ANTONELLISpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
- HERMINIO AMELIO BONILLACorporal · January 14, 1970
- LEE ALEXANDER CONNERSSergeant · January 14, 1970
- ROBERT DALE FARNHAMSergeant · January 14, 1970
From Kalispell
- MITCHELL LESTER ANDERSONLance Corporal · July 20, 1965
- RODGER DEAN ECKSTEINPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- DUANE LEE COTTETCorporal · November 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES BEST JRSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHARLES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 22, 1969
- PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLSCaptain · October 13, 1970
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.