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NAME Harvey Clement Hall |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 2386937 |
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| UNIT HQ/2/8th Marines |
HOME OF RECORD 508 Comstock Avenue, Syracuse, NY |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Ruth M. Hall |
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| DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1922 |
ENTERED SERVICE October 22, 1940 |
DATE OF LOSS November 22, 1942 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Guadalcanal |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed in Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS On 22 November 1942, units of the Army’s Americal Division and the 8th Marine Regiment began a series of frontal attacks on a string of hills along the north coast of Guadalcanal. Steep ravines, bare ridges, and tenacious Japanese resistance thwarted the Americans, and after 48 hours the operation was called off. Nearly 40 members of the 8th Marines lost their lives in the futile assault.* Pharmacist’s Mate Harvey C. Hall, a corpsman attached to a rifle company of 2/8th Marines, went to the aid of a wounded Marine – possibly Corporal Robert Fransen of E/2/8 – but was shot and killed just as he reached his man. Hall’s remains were buried in the field near where he fell, but never recovered from their temporary grave. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class |
STATUS OF REMAINS Buried in the field at (69.3-199.3) North Coast Guadalcanal |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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* Note: Official sources and several histories report that the 8th Marines suffered nine fatal casualties. However, this number only accounts for those Marines who were buried in the island cemetery. It excludes fully 29 men who were reported missing in action or buried in the field.
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