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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: LITTLE
First name: WALLACE SYLVESTER
Home of Record (official): RIVERVIEW
State (official): AL
Date of Birth: Thursday, May 18, 1939
Sex: Male
Race: Negro
Marital Status: Married
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SFC
Serial Number: 14693464
Component: Regular
Posthumous promotion as indicated
Pay grade: E6
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11D40
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
C Troop 1st Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Tuesday, April 30, 1968
Date of Casualty: Saturday, May 18, 1968
Age at time of loss: 29
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Hoa Nghia
The Wall: Panel 62E - Row 020