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WALTER LOUIS HALL
Captain · U.S. Army
February 25, 1940 – June 10, 1965
Service recordWalter Louis Hall, of Old Town, Maine, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1965, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 5
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN
- Born
- February 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Old Town, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1965; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 5
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES OWEN JENKINS JRSergeant · June 10, 1965
- BRUCE GARDNER JOHNSONLieutenant Colonel · June 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JAMES COMPA JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 4
- DONALD RUSSELL SAEGAERTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2E, Line 6
From Old Town
- RAYMOND RONALD SPROULStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT COILEYPrivate First Class · November 30, 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.