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SAMUEL CHRISTIAN HALL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1950 – May 20, 1969
Service recordSamuel Christian Hall, of East Liverpool, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Home of record
- East Liverpool, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 57
- FREDERICK C THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1969
- WILLIAM ELDRED WHALEY IIILance Corporal · May 19, 1969
- THOMAS FREDRICK BARTHCorporal · May 20, 1969
- DANIEL SIMON BEHARSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
From East Liverpool
- JOSEPH JAMES COMPA JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ROACHHospitalman · June 20, 1966
- TERRY LEE BARCUSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ERIC SEIFERTHPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD PIGOTTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- DALLAS REESE PRIDEMORESergeant First Class · September 8, 1968
- DANA EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 24, 1970
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
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.