Name: 1LT Peter Clark Little
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 04/16/1969 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 23.6
Date of Birth: 08/30/1945
Home City: Eugene, OR
Service: AR branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: C/3/17 CAV
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Flight class: 68-18/68-30
Service: AR branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 27W-096
Short Summary: Midair with air force spotter plane OV-10A working the same AO with WO1 R.W. Satterfield.
Aircraft: AH-1G tail number 67-15864
Service number: O5261440
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 6124
Primary cause: Mid-Air w/OV-10
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 02/08/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 02
Location: Tay Ninh Province III Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: XT5432
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: REST-HAVEN MEMORIAL PARK, EUGENE, OR
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 07/29/1994
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