Little, Leslie, SSgt

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Staff Sergeant

Last Primary MOS
0300-Basic Infantryman

Last MOSGroup
Infantry

Primary Unit
1974-1974, 8536, 4th Marine Regiment

Service Years
1965 - 1974

Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Combat Water Safety Swimmer (CWSS)

Voice Edition

Voices Profile

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Personal Details

Home Country

United States

Year of Birth
1947

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Contact Info

Home Town Philadelphia	Last Address Philadelphia, PA

Date of Passing Feb 04, 2012
Location of Interment Washington Crossing National Cemetery - Newtown, Pennsylvania	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Association Memberships


	2008, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 15 (Executive Secretary) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [Verified]5
	2010, Marine Corps Together We Served [Verified]
	2011, USMC Drill Instructors Association, Parris Island Chapter (Member at Large) (Parris Island, South Carolina) [Verified]264
	2012, TWS Honor Roll [Verified]

Countries Deployed To or Visited

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Tributes from Members


	When I'm Gone posted by 99 Isaacs, Larry, SgtMaj -Deceased
	R.I.P.BROTHER posted by 35 Moore, Ronnie Eugene (curley), LCpl 856
	Rest in peace, brother. posted by 35 Heckert, Richard, Cpl 140
	rest in peace posted by 13 Mattingly, Joseph (matt), Sgt 13
	For My Brother Leslie posted by 35 Pilgrim, William, Jr. (Wild Bill), Sgt 896
	Rest Easy Lifer posted by 40 Fletcher, Stephen (Fletch), Cpl 7548
	HONOR posted by Camp, Aubie, Cpl 29
	Rest in peace, brother............. posted by Ferland, Roland (Frenchy), Sgt -Deceased
	GO WITH THE LORD posted by 35 Hensler, David (Oso/Gordo), GySgt 1621
	Rest in Peace Marine> posted by 01 Roberts, Michael (Mike), Cpl 11

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My Days as a Marine

Vietnam War/Defense Campaign (1965)/Combined Action Program
From Month/Year May / 1965	To Month/Year December / 1965
Description The Combined Action Program was a United States Marine Corps operational initiative implemented in the Vietnam War and proved to be one of the most effective counterinsurgency tools developed during that conflict. Operating from 1965 to 1971, this program was characterized by the placement of a thirteen-member Marine rifle squad, augmented by a U.S. Navy Corpsman and strengthened by a Vietnamese militia platoon of older youth and elderly men, in or adjacent to a rural Vietnamese hamlet. In most cases, the Popular Forces miltia members (Nghia Quan) were residents of the hamlet who were either too young or too old to be drafted into the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) or the Regional Forces (Dia Phuong Quan). The entire unit of American Marines and Popular Forces militia members together was designated as a Combined Action Platoon (CAP). The program was said to have originated as a solution to one Marine infantry battalion's problem of an expanding Tactical Area of Responsibility (TAOR). The concept of combining a squad of Marines with local (PFs) and assigning them a village to protect proved to be a force multiplier. While the exact implementation varied with the stage of the war and local command variations, the basic model was to combine a Marine squad with local forces to form a village defense platoon. It was effective in denying the enemy a sanctuary at the local village level. The pacification campaign seemed to work under the CAP concept, and the Marines fully embraced it. Objectively, there is no solid proof that the CAP concept was a resounding success; however, subjectively the evidence suggests otherwise. "Counterinsurgency operations and, in particular, the establishment of a foreign internal defense lends itself for the greatest utility of employing a CAP-style organization. Recent operations in Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia suggest a CAP-style organization could accomplish the assigned mission." In Iraq, the Marines reinstituted a variant of the CAP.