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DEAN ELLSWORTH HALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1949 – December 28, 1969
Service recordDean Ellsworth Hall, of Caro, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 103
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Caro, Michigan (Tuscola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 103
- JOHN WILLIAM FOREMANSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT SIDNEY GATESChief Petty Officer · December 28, 1969
- STEPHEN FREDERICK GEORGEFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- RONNIE LEE HAWKSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
From Caro
- MICHAEL GORDON HOFFAirman First Class · November 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEE THANELance Corporal · October 19, 1969
- DANNY WARD BOWERSCorporal · May 27, 1970
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.