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HAL T HOLLINGSWORTH
Ensign · U.S. Navy
June 29, 1942 – January 16, 1966
Service recordHal T Hollingsworth, of Grace, Idaho, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 74
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. Navy
- Rank
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- RVAH 9 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- June 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Grace, Idaho (Caribou County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “RVAH 9 USS RANGER CVA 61”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 74
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- LAURENCE NELSON SOUSACorporal · January 15, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- DAVID FRANK WEBERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID SCHOONOVERLieutenant Commander · Panel 4E, Line 75
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.