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KENNETH WALTER HALL
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
June 17, 1926 – June 24, 1968
Service recordKenneth Walter Hall, of Nashua, New Hampshire, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 28
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1926
- Home of record
- Nashua, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 28
- MARCUS EUGENE CLINEPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1968
- RAYMOND R HITCHCOCK JRSergeant · June 24, 1968
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- JERALD LOUIS JONESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENT FROEMMING MILLERMajor · Panel 55W, Line 29
- MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55W, Line 32
From Nashua
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- DAVID HOWARD WELLERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- MARTIN JAMES CORONISWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS FLANAGANStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- WARREN RICHARD BROWNSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · July 15, 1968
- THOMAS DENNIS NADEAUSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- RICHARD LEE HALGRENAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
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.