Hale, William Alfred

William Alfred Hale headstone

NPS Photo/B.Hayes

Quick Facts

Significance:

United States Navy

Place of Birth:

Tennessee

Date of Birth:

Unknown

Place of Death:

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Date of Death:

August 12, 1942

Place of Burial:

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Cemetery Name:

Stones River National Cemetery

William Alfred Hale served in the United States Navy as an Apprentice Seaman during World War II. At the time of his death, he was stationed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he was assigned to duty at a naval recruitment office.

Hale died on August 12, 1942, as a result of a skull fracture. There may be some discrepency between available records and his headstone which notes his date of death as August 7. He is buried at Stones River National Cemetery in Plot P-6200.