James Shreve Hall

Vietnam War
Unit388th Combat Support Group
RankCommand Master Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromGreensboro North Carolina
Date of DeathJuly 29 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Command Master Sergeant Hall was a member of the 388th Combat Support Group, Udorn Air Base, Thailand. On July 29, 1966, he was a crew member of a Douglas Skytrain Reconnaissance Transport (RC-47D) on an operational mission 15 miles south of Sam Neua, North Vietnam, when it was attacked by enemy fighters and crashed. His remains were recovered on March 2, 1988 and identified on May 27, 1988. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.