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HAROLD LELAND HALE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 6, 1923 – March 23, 1967
Service recordHarold Leland Hale, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 29
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 6, 1923
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 29
- WILLIAM EDWARD HUMPHREYSergeant · May 28, 1966
- ALFRED FUNCKStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JERRY ALFRED PHILLIPSLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.