World War II Honoree

Richard D. Hall

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Sharon, Massachusetts

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS JUNE 2, 1942 AT BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. AFTER BOOT CAMP, HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE ARMY AIR CORPS FLIGHT TRAINING PROGRAM AND COMMISSIONED A 2ND LIEUTENANT UPON HIS GRADUATION FROM THE PILOT ADVANCED FLIGHT TRAINING PHASE. DEPLOYED TO THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS, WHERE HE SERVED AS A PILOT OF AN F-5 PHOTO-RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT, A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE LOCKHEED P-38 ‘LIGHTNING’ FIGHTER. HE WAS STATIONED ON KWAJALEIN, MARSHALL ISLANDS ASSIGNED TO THE 28TH PHOTO-RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, VII FIGHTER COMMAND, UNITED STATES 7TH AIR FORCE. ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1944, HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AND WAS BURIED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCE CEMETERY ON IVAN ISLAND, LOCATED IN THE KWAJALEIN ATOLL ISLANDS. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE LONG ISLAND NATIONAL CEMETERY, LOCATED AT FARMINGDALE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.