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DELBERT EUGENE HALL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1949 – April 27, 1970
Service recordDelbert Eugene Hall, of Oregon, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Oregon, Illinois (Ogle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- 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 April 27, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 58
- ROBERT WAYNE GARDNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1970
- ROY VIRGIL GRAYCaptain · April 27, 1970
- HAROLD GLENN GRISSOMSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD HILLCaptain · April 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT THOMAS KOEHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 59
From Oregon
- RICHARD ALLAN CHEEKSeaman · September 15, 1967
- HARMON S STONE JRCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD RIMMERCorporal · May 4, 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.