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JOHN LOUIS HALL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 24, 1944 – October 7, 1966
Service recordJohn Louis Hall, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 57
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS HENSLEYPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- LARRY DALE KNIGHTMajor · October 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS HENSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 57
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.