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JAMES KENNETH HALL
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1934 – February 24, 1969
Service recordJames Kenneth Hall, of San Francisco, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- December 27, 1934
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 36
- TIMOTHY JOHN HALLCorporal · February 24, 1969
- EUGENE SCOTT HANCOCKPetty Officer Second Class · February 24, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT HILLStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- MICHAEL NEIL HUBERTStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.