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WILLIAM HARRIS LITTLE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 25, 1945 – September 15, 1967
Service recordWilliam Harris Little, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 15, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 74
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- April 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Weymouth, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 74
- RICHARD ALLAN CHEEKSeaman · September 15, 1967
- WILLIAM TEMEN CHERRY JRSergeant · September 15, 1967
- WILLIAM T DIAMOND JRSeaman · September 15, 1967
- RICHARD E GLAESMANSergeant · September 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CHEEKSeaman · Panel 26E, Line 74
- WILLIAM T DIAMOND JRSeaman · Panel 26E, Line 74
From Weymouth
- RICHARD B FITZGIBBON IIILance Corporal · September 7, 1965
- JAMES HENRY CAVICCHI JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN CANOVAPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS QUILLLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RICHARD ROBERT KELLEYSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH FITZGERALDFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1972
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.