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VAUGHN ONEIL HALL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 25, 1948 – May 23, 1969
Service recordVaughn Oneil Hall, of Georgetown, Delaware, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 84
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Delaware (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 84
- YVON ELDMOND GIROUARDPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- GARY ONEAL GRIFFINSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM GRUBBPetty Officer Second Class · May 23, 1969
- JAMES LARRY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BOESECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 81
- DOUGLAS ROY MATHESONSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 82
- JOSE M GALARZA-QUINONESCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 83
- HERIBERTO MARRERO-ESTRADAStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 87
- ROY C NEWSOMESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 88
- ROBERT JOHN RANDALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 89
- DAVID SETH ROSSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 89
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 90
- DOUGLAS JOHN SOMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 90
From Georgetown
- GEORGE EDWARD PARTINLance Corporal · August 14, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES STEVENSONCorporal · February 23, 1969
- RODNEY WAYNE WILSONCorporal · May 25, 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.