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JOHN DOUGLAS HALE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1942 – March 8, 1971
Service recordJohn Douglas Hale, of Brandenburg, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Brandenburg, Kentucky (Meade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
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 4W, Line 32
- THOMAS VALERIOSergeant · March 7, 1971
- JAMES LAWRENCE WIELERSergeant · March 7, 1971
- BRUCE ALLEN BOWMANSpecialist Five · March 8, 1971
- ROBERT EUGENE GRANTHAMSergeant · March 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE GRANTHAMSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 32
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.