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DONALD HALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1948 – February 27, 1970
Service recordDonald Hall, of Printer, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 62
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
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Printer, Kentucky (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 62
- FREDDIE CARVIAL DEFOORPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIE DOKESPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
- JAMES BENEDICT HEARDCorporal · February 27, 1970
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIE DOKESPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 62
- HOWARD LEWIS LUCAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 63
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.