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JOSEPH MICHAEL HALLAS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1947 – August 16, 1967
Service recordJoseph Michael Hallas, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 117
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 117
- ANTHONY HERCULES BENNETTLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- GENE HOWARD ELLIS JRSergeant · August 16, 1967
- RAYMOND HARVEYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- MARVIN DALE HAWTHORNEPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.