diff --git a/data-structures/linkedList.cpp b/data-structures/linkedList.cpp
index 33ef17b..47fa403 100644
--- a/data-structures/linkedList.cpp
+++ b/data-structures/linkedList.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,33 @@ class LinkedList {
         }
         cout << endl;
     }
+    
+    void deleteNode(int targetValue) {
+	// check case 1
+	if (head != NULL) {
+		// list is not empty
+		// need to traverse list, stopping at the last node
+		Node * currNode = head;
+		// check case 2... the node to delete is the first node
+		if (head->data == targetValue)  {
+			head = head->next;
+			delete currNode;
+		}
+		else { // case 3... the node to delete is not the first node, but might not even be in the list
+			Node * prevNode = NULL;
+			while (currNode != NULL && currNode->data != targetValue) {
+				prevNode = currNode;
+				currNode = currNode->next;
+			}
+			// check if we found targetValue
+			if (currNode != NULL) {
+				// did find it
+				prevNode->next = currNode->next;
+				delete currNode;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
 };
 
 int main() {
@@ -51,6 +78,7 @@ int main() {
     list.addNode(3);
     list.addNode(4);
     list.addNode(5);
+    list.deleteNode(2);
     list.printList();
     return 0;
 }
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