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DONALD DALE HALL
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 8, 1950 – June 7, 1970
Service recordDonald Dale Hall, of Urbana, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 23
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Urbana, Ohio (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 23
- JERE ALAN BARTONLieutenant Commander · June 7, 1970
- CHARLES RYA CRANFORDSpecialist Four · June 7, 1970
- WALTER GOLASZEWSKISpecialist Five · June 7, 1970
- ORLA DANIEL HAMMACKSpecialist Four · June 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR ARNALDO TAFOYACorporal · Panel 9W, Line 25
From Urbana
- MICHAEL A BAILEYCorporal · May 12, 1968
- CARL RICHARD DAGGERCorporal · May 17, 1968
- WETZEL LONNIE ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- LESTER EUGENE PARKERPrivate First Class · June 30, 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.