Nickname(s) "Bill" Name William Hall Years of service 1929–1961 Died 1984 | Rank Lieutenant General Battles and wars World War II Battles/wars World War II | |
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Born October 22, 1907
McAlester, Oklahoma ( 1907-10-22 ) Buried at Arlington National Cemetery Allegiance United States of America Education United States Military Academy Place of burial Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States Commands held 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, Continental Air Command | ||
Service/branch United States Air Force | ||
William Evans "Bill" Hall (22 October 1907 - 30 May 1984) was an American military officer, retired with the rank of Lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.
Hall attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and graduated from the Advanced Flying School at Kelly Air Force Base in Texas. He served actively during World War II, first as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Headquarters U.S. Army Air Forces and later as Deputy Commander of the 15th Air Force in Bari, Italy. After the war he was placed in charge of the United States Continental Air Command, an organization of more than 15,000 military personnel and over 8,000 civilian employees, and served as Senior Member and Air Force Representative to the United Nations Military Staff Committee in New York.
He married photojournalist Marguerite Higgins in 1952, with whom he had three children, one of which died in infancy.