Rank: Sergeant
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 25-Oct-1947
Hometown: Walden, Colorado
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 28-Aug-1967
Start of tour: 1-Jul-1968
Incident date: 17-Feb-1969
Date of casualty: 17-Feb-1969
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Robert James Hall died from wounds received while on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired. / On ambush patrol when engaged hostile force in firefight. Individual admitted to Company D, 1st Medical Battalion on 17 Feb 1969 at 1835 hrs and later expired. Incident occurred on 17 Feb 1969 at 1815 hrs.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SGT Robert James Hall
SFC Richard Marvin Kulavik
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 806 253
Place of interment: Jackson County Cemetery, Walden, Colorado, USA
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