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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 Ronald Hugh Hall.

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RONALD HUGH HALL

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

June 11, 1945 – June 30, 1971

Service record

Ronald Hugh Hall, of Cullman, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3W · Line 94

Position of Panel 3W 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
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
June 11, 1945
Home of record
Cullman, Alabama (Cullman County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 30, 1971
Age
26
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

11 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1971. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 3W, Line 94

Same unit, same day

From Cullman

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.