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BROWNIE HALL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1928 – December 23, 1966
Service recordBrownie Hall, of Deane, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 15, 1928
- Home of record
- Deane, Kentucky (Letcher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 74
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- JOHN STERLING HALLLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIAM KERNSPrivate · December 23, 1966
- ANTONE PERRY JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BERNIS J NOVISKICorporal · Panel 13E, Line 75
- ULYSSES WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 77
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.