Walter Ray Hall

Vietnam War
Unit176th Aviation Company
RankSpecialist 4 U.S. Army
Entered Service FromLos Angeles California
Date of DeathMarch 22 1971
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Specialist, Fourth Class Hall was a member of 176th Aviation Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, 16th Aviation Group, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal). On March 22, 1971, he was the door gunner of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) on an emergency resupply mission flying at 5,000 feet over Savannakhet Province, Laos when the aircraft was hit by ground fire, exploded, crashed and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.