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ADOLPHUS HALL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1949 – November 21, 1969
Service recordAdolphus Hall JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 107
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 107
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- JAMES THURSTON SMOAK JRCorporal · November 21, 1969
- JOHNNY WILLIAM TRAINHAMSergeant · November 21, 1969
- ANTHONY A VIRBICKASCorporal · November 21, 1969
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.