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WALTER RAY HALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1950 – March 22, 1971
Service recordWalter Ray Hall, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1971, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- 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
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
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 4W, Line 66
- REGINALD DAVID CLEVEWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1971
- BENJAMIN WAYNE DUNCANPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
- WILLIAM STUART GLENNPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS GUCOFSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE DOANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 65
- REGINALD DAVID CLEVEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 66
- DONALD PAUL KNUTSENSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 67
- LARRY DEWAYNE LEAMONSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 67
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 67
- JOHN GROVE TRAVER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 69
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.