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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Henry Hall.

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JAMES HENRY HALL

Corporal · U.S. Army

February 17, 1942 – September 22, 1969

Service record

James Henry Hall, of Hollis, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18W · Line 125

Position of Panel 18W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
February 17, 1942
Home of record
Hollis, New York (Queens County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 22, 1969
Age
27
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 18W, Line 125

Same unit, same day

From Hollis

All 13 names from Hollis →

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.