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DAVID EMERSON HALL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1944 – August 16, 1966
Service recordDavid Emerson Hall, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 13
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- CHARLIE DELNO HOLLYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1966
- ROBERT ANTHONY SCHMIDSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JEFFERY W SMITHSergeant · August 16, 1966
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1967
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.