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GARY VAN HALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – February 27, 1969
Service recordGary Van Hall, of Ethridge, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 80
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Ethridge, Tennessee (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 80
- THEODORE S HAMNER IIISeaman · February 27, 1969
- JAMES PAUL HANLONSergeant · February 27, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM HAWRYSHKOPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- DONALD MULLALY HORTONPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 76
- ENRIQUE SALAS CRUZStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 78
- ROBERT PHILLIP LEVINSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 81
- JAMES TERRY LIEBNITZSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 81
- DONALD RAY RHODESSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 84
- GARY LAURENCE VANDERBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 86
From Ethridge
- KENNETH ODELL DICKSONSergeant · October 2, 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.