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DAVID CHARLES HALL
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 23, 1947 – January 19, 1969
Service recordDavid Charles Hall, of New Milford, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 36
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- New Milford, Pennsylvania (Susquehanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 36
- DAVID LESLIE BELLERIVECorporal · January 19, 1969
- RICHARD ARNOLD CARLSONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1969
- JOHN NELSON COTTRELLSergeant · January 19, 1969
- MICHAEL LEWIS DORNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN WILLIAM MCKINLEYSeaman · Panel 34W, Line 35
- PAUL AUGUST HOLTZSeaman · Panel 34W, Line 38
- LLOYD EDWARD JONESPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 27W, Line 68
From New Milford
- HERBERT DONALD SNELLPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
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.