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PRESTON LEE HALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – January 27, 1970
Service recordPreston Lee Hall, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 71
- WAIN PERRY CRAIGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- RICHARD ALLISON DORNELLASStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1970
- EVERETT DELOY HERRENCaptain · January 27, 1970
- STEPHEN ARTHUR KRAMERSergeant · January 27, 1970
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 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.