Name: CPT James L. M. Littler III
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 07/03/1968 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 26.7
Date of Birth: 10/23/1941
Home City: Honolulu, HI
Service: regular component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-164
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 53W-003
Short Summary: Hit by an RPG while trying to extract a newly inserted recon team. Crash position was over run by VC. All 4 crew members shot in head.
Aircraft: CH-46A tail number 151911
Service number: 092399
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Started Tour: 09/24/1967
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 04
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEM OF THE PACIFIC, HI
This record was last updated on 11/18/2004
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