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Contact Info
Home Town Lawrenceville, IL
Last Address Fairfax, VA
Date of Passing May 30, 1992
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
The Washington Post (Tue, 02 Jun 1992) Charles Eugene Little, 72, who spent 30 years in the Navy before retiring in 1973, died of cancer May 30 at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He lived in Fairfax. Capt. Little spent 21 years of his career serving aboard surface vessels. His assignments included tours aboard destroyers, cruisers and mine countermeasure ships. His commands had included cruisers, minesweepers and destroyers. He had commanded an antiaircraft warfare destroyer, the Dyess, in Cuban waters during the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. He had served as executive officer and acting commanding officer of the Saint Paul when that heavy cruiser was the First Fleet's flagship in the Med.
Charles Eugene Little, 72, who spent 30 years in the Navy before retiring in 1973, died of cancer May 30 at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He lived in Fairfax. Capt. Little spent 21 years of his career serving aboard surface vessels. His assignments included tours aboard destroyers, cruisers and minesweepers.
