Joseph Hines Hall Second Lieutenant, United States Army |
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on December 27, 1873, he was killed-in-action during the Philippine Insurrection
while serving with the 17th United States Infantry near Simpetan, Mindanao,
Philippine Islands, May 8, 1904.
He was killed on the same date, and at the
same place as First Lieutenant Harry Adsit Woodruff.
They
are buried just a few feet from one another in Section 1 of Arlington National
Cemetery.
MANILA, May 11, 1904 - Lieutenant Winfield Harper and thirty-nine men of F Company of the Seventeenth United States Infantry, were caught on May 8 in an ambushg by several hundred Moros. Two American officers and fifteen men were killed and five men were wounded. The smbush occurred at Simpatem, on the east shore of Lake Liquasan, Island of Mindanao. The officers killes in the ambush were First Lieutenant Harry A. Woodruff and Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Hall, both of the Seventeenth Infantry. Lieutenant Woodruff was born in Indiana and entered the service from the State of New York. Lieutenant Hall was born in Alabama and was promoted to his Lieutenancy from the ranks. Webmaster: Michael Robert Patterson HALL, JOSEPH H 2ND LT 17 US INF VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 05/08/1904 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SITE 450 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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