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DONALD WILFORD HALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1943 – April 11, 1966
Service recordDonald Wilford Hall, of Plaquemine, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 100
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Plaquemine, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 100
- DAVID A HAMMETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- NORMAN LEVERN HAWKINSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
From Plaquemine
- ROBERT BROWNSergeant · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LAMUEL HYMESSpecialist Four · August 20, 1966
- ERNEST TATNEY JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- CLARENCE HENRY LEWISCorporal · March 15, 1968
- PERCY ISAIAH PUGHCorporal · February 27, 1969
- DAVID MITCHELL KAUFMANFirst Sergeant · June 15, 1969
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.