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ELMORE LAWRENCE HALL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 18, 1937 – October 8, 1969
Service recordElmore Lawrence Hall, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 50
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 18, 1937
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 50
- DENNIS GONZALEZFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1969
- WILLIAMS OTIS JACKSONStaff Sergeant · October 8, 1969
- RONALD ARTHUR KLINGMANPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- RONALD HAROLD KNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1969
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.