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WILLIAM WARREN HAIL
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 18, 1932 – August 2, 1965
Service recordWilliam Warren Hail, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 2, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 47
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1131 SPEC ACTY SQ
- Born
- December 18, 1932
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 2, 1965
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 47
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- RANDALL EUGENE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1965
- JOSEPH EDWARD BOWERMajor · August 3, 1965
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
- ANTHONY PHILL CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.