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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Alfred Floyd Hall.

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ALFRED FLOYD HALL

Sergeant · U.S. Army

March 2, 1950 – January 9, 1970

Service record

Alfred Floyd Hall, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 18

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
Unit (as recorded)
5 INF DIV MECH
Born
March 2, 1950
Home of record
New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 9, 1970
Age
19
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 18

Same unit, same day

From New Castle

All 19 names from New Castle →

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.