Rank: Sergeant First Class
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 18-May-1939
Hometown: Riverview, Alabama
Marital status: Married to Rose M. Little
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 30-Apr-1968
Incident date: 18-May-1968
Date of casualty: 18-May-1968
Age at death: 29
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Wallace Sylvester Little died from wound received while on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Fairview Cemetery, Valley, Alabama, USA
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BRONZE STAR MEDAL
WITH VALOR DEVICE
POSTHUMOUS
STAFF SERGEANT WALLACE SYLVESTER LITTLE
18 MAY 1968
C TROOP, 1st SQUADRON
11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT
Staff Sergeant Little distinguished himself by valorous actions on 18 May 1968, while serving as a Platoon Sergeant with Troop C, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, on an armed assault mission in the vicinity of Cu Chi, Vietnam. Sergeant Little continually posed himself to an intense volume of hostile fire in order to closely control the vehicles of his platoon as they advanced and directed suppressive fire against the insurgent positions. In the process, he was suddenly struck and mortally wounded by enemy small arms fire. Staff Sergeant Little’s personal bravery and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division General Orders No. 4934 (22 June 1968)