Earle B. Hall was a United States Navy

United States Navy

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 sailor

Sailor

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 killed in action during World War II

World War II

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 who received a posthumous Air Medal

Air Medal

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Biography

Earle Boitnott Hall was born at Dawson Springs

Dawson Springs, Kentucky

Dawson Springs is a city in Caldwell and Hopkins counties in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The population was 2,980 at the 2000 census. It is the birthplace of current governor of Kentucky, Steve L. Beshear. From the late 1800s to the 1930s, Dawson Springs was well known as a spa and resort town...

, Kentucky

Kentucky

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, on 25 December 1919. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1938.

During World war II, Aviation Machinist's Mate Hall was killed action during a patrol mission against Japan

Japan

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ese forces on Jolo Island

Jolo Island

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 in the Philippine Islands on 27 December 1941.

Awards

Aviation Machinist's Mate Hall received the Air Medal

Air Medal

The Air Medal is a military decoration of the United States. The award was created in 1942, and is awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight.-Criteria:...

 for his actions in the Philippines.

Namesake

The U.S. Navy destroyer escort

Destroyer escort

A destroyer escort is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also provides some protection...

 USS Earle B. Hall (DE-597) was named for Aviation Machinist's Mate Hall. During construction she was converted into the high-speed transport USS Earle B. Hall (APD-107)

USS Earle B. Hall (APD-107)

USS Earle B. Hall , ex-DE-597, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946, 1950 to 1957, and 1961 to 1965.-Construction and commissioning:...

, and was in commission as such from 1945 to 1946, 1950 to 1957, and from 1961 to ca. 1965.