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HENRY MAURICE STAFFO HALE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1944 – December 31, 1967
Service recordHenry Maurice Staffo Hale, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967; ten of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 8
- GUILLERMO ESTRADACorporal · December 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- ROBERT J HALLETTSergeant First Class · December 31, 1967
- WILLIAM DELBERT HOLLANDPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 6
- DICKEY CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 7
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 7
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 8
- CECIL BEN JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 9
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 9
- ERNEST DELBERT MARCUMPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 9
- JOSE SANTANA JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 10
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 10
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.