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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Stanley Hall.

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JOHN STANLEY HALL

Private First Class · U.S. Army

August 3, 1949 – August 14, 1969

Service record

John Stanley Hall, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 19W · Line 38

Position of Panel 19W 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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
August 3, 1949
Home of record
Austin, Texas (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 14, 1969
Age
20
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 19W, Line 38

Same unit, same day

From Austin

All 75 names from Austin →

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.