- John Thomas Hall passed away September 19, 2002 in Boynton Beach, Florida. He was born August 24, 1940 in Portsmouth, Ohio. He graduated from Portsmouth West High School the Class of 1958. He served 20 years in the U.S. Army with valor and honor as a medical corpsman. While in the Army, he served in Vietnam during the TET offensive with Headquarter's and Headquarter's Company 4th Battalion 23rd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Mech). He also served in Germany, Thailand, Okinawa, Japan, Korea and other assignments stateside. After retiring from Ft. Devens, Massachusetts, Sergeant Hall was employed by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections. He also worked for the Veterans Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, and as a private duty nurse in Clearwater, Florida, where he resided since 1984. He took early retirement from Carrington Pleace Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in St. Petersburg, Florida in May 2002 due to the cancer that took him from us. John (Tom) spent his life nursing and caring for others. His friends and family will sadly miss him.
His mother Margaret Weher Hall: his father Archie Hall and brother Jerry Hall preceeded Sergeant Hall in death.
He is survived by sisters, Dianne Kennedy of Grove City, Ohio, Janet Schomburg of Columbus, Ohio and Carolyn Brammer of Portsmouth, Ohio and brothers Phillip Hall of Minot, North Dakota and Daniel Hall of Boynton Beach, Florida.
Funeral services will be 11 am Tuesday September 24, 2002 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in West Portsmouth from 6 to 9 pm Monday. Recitation of Rosary will be at 8 pm Monday at the funeral home with the Rev David Young officiating and burial in Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth, Ohio with Military Graveside Rites by James Dickey Post American Legion.
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1940 - 2002 (62 years)
