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VINCENT JOSEPH HALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – December 7, 1969
Service recordVincent Joseph Hall, of Plattenville, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 36
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Plattenville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 36
- THOMAS PATRICK GILL IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1969
- CHARLES EVERETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- LEE DONNIE KENNEDYPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- DANNY RICHARD LATHAMSpecialist Five · December 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 35
- RUSSELL EUGENE GEDEONSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 35
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.