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JAMES WAYNE HALL
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
May 18, 1934 – October 28, 1972
Service recordJames Wayne Hall, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on October 28, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 84
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
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 86 USS AMERICA CVA 66
- Born
- May 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 28, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 84
- ROBERT W HAAKENSON JRAirman · October 24, 1972
- KEVEN ZANE GOODNOStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1972
- CARLOS ALBERTO PEDROSAFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1972
- MELVIN EDWARD WOLFECorporal · October 26, 1972
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.