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DENNIS GAYLE HALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1948 – October 20, 1969
Service recordDennis Gayle Hall, of La Grange, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 95
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- La Grange, Kentucky (Oldham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 95
- RICHARD JAMES COSTONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- HAROLD GENE CURTISCorporal · October 20, 1969
- THOMAS FRED DANIELLSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- ALBERT LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP WAYNE BAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 93
- JOSEPH VINCENT CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 94
- PATRICK MARTIN GRELLASergeant · Panel 17W, Line 96
From La Grange
- EDWARD LEE RANKINPrivate First Class · August 30, 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.