Korea
Ensign Hall was the pilot of a F9F-5 Pantherjet fighter with Fighter Squadron 163 aboard the aircraft carrier USS PRINCETON (CVA-37). On March 17, 1953, while on a combat mission north of Trachon, North Korea, his aircraft crashed ten miles southwest of Songjong, North Korea. His remains were not recovered.
For his leadership and valor, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Korea
Ensign Hall was the pilot of a F9F-5 Pantherjet fighter with Fighter Squadron 163 aboard the aircraft carrier USS PRINCETON (CVA-37). On March 17, 1953, while on a combat mission north of Trachon, North Korea, his aircraft crashed ten miles southwest of Songjong, North Korea. His remains were not recovered.
For his leadership and valor, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.