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VICTOR HALE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1942 – December 8, 1968
Service recordVictor Hale, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 65
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 65
- CHARLES WILLIAM HALL JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- WAYNE DAVID HAMILTONLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- JOHN DAVID HANCOCKSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HARDING JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.