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RICHARD LE ROY HALL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1947 – August 16, 1968
Service recordRichard Le Roy Hall, of Hastings, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 26
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Hastings, Nebraska (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 26
- CHARLES MCRAE HARDYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- OTIS LAMONT HARTRYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- DAN DAVID HAYESSergeant · August 16, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE HEFFNERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
From Hastings
- KENNETH WAYNE KROUSLance Corporal · January 23, 1967
- GARY TWYMAN COWLESPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- CLIFFORD ARVIN DRAPERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- DELBERT PAT WRIGHTLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
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.