Photo Shared by Helen-Ruth Hendon Opie Read Little, Jr. was born July 7, 1921 in Wister, Le Flore Co., Oklahoma to Opie Read, Sr. & Helen Stacy Little. By 1930 the family was living in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. May 20, 1942 Opie married Wilma Ferne Nixon from Lavaca, Sebastian Co., Ar. From an elistment record dated January 6, 1941 Opie enlisted in the US Army in the Field Artillery branch from the Army National Guard. He states he has completed 4 years of high school and his civil occupation was Clerks, General Office. The "U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File" states these dates: Name: Opie R Little Birth Date: 7 Jul 1921 Death Date: 1 Jul 2001 Enlistment Branch: ARMY Enlistment Date: 20 Jun 1940 Discharge Date: 30 Dec 1945 Enlistment Branch 1: ARMY Enlistment Date 1: 6 Apr 1951 Discharge Date 1: 1 Aug 1952 Maj Opie Read Little, Jr. passed away at Jackson, Mississippi July 1, 2001 His burial was in the National Cemetery at Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar.