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RUSSELL LOUIS HALLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1946 – November 21, 1966
Service recordRussell Louis Halley, of Waterloo, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Waterloo, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 100
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- LLOYD EARL GARRETTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN LARIMORE GODFREYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAY ELLSWORTH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 101
- HARRY LEE POWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 104
- JIMMY LINWOOD RHODESSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 105
From Waterloo
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
- DAVID IRA MUSCHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAVID HENRY PAULSENPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- JEFFERY THOMAS DINESPrivate · January 13, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GREENSergeant · March 30, 1967
- RONALD MARVIN STEINCorporal · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- MERLE KEITH FAGERLIND JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- STEPHEN LEE WOODARDPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.