Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 20-Nov-1949
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 19-Jul-1967
Start of tour: 17-Apr-1971
Incident date: 28-May-1971
Date of casualty: 4-Jun-1971
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Unknown. Misadventure.
Kimber Lynn Hall died as a result of septicemia pseudomonis myositis secondary to wounds received while at a night defensive position when the area came under mortar attack by a hostile force. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired. / At night defensive position, received mortar attack, hostile. Admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital on 28 May 1971 at 2235 hrs, placed on Serious Injured (SI) list on 29 May 1971 at 0650 hrs, placed on Very Serious Injured (VSI) list on 3 Jun 1971 at 1630 hrs and later expired. Incident occurred on 28 May 1971 at 2100 hrs.
Two Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SP4 Joseph David Esparza
SP5 Kimber Lynn Hall
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam, XT 559 275
Place of interment: Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Washington, USA
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