VeteransFriday, November 13
Hattiesburg names retired Guard officer Harold Robert Hall its 2026 Veteran of the Year
The Daily Hattiesburg team
If you've been to a Memorial Day or Veterans Day program in Hattiesburg, Harold Robert Hall helped plan it. The city's Veterans Committee has named the retired Mississippi Army National Guard chief warrant officer four its 2026 Veteran of the Year.
Hall's service ran from 1966 to 2006
- Aug. 1966Hall began active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Dec. 1967Hall deployed to South Vietnam.
- Aug. 1969Hall's deployment to South Vietnam ended.
- Aug. 1972Hall's active-duty Marine Corps service ended.
- July 1974Hall joined the Mississippi Army National Guard.
- June 2006Hall retired as a chief warrant officer four.
Source: HubCitySPOKES
Hall, a Forrest County resident since 1956, was in South Vietnam during the 1968 Tet Offensive. He later logged 32 years in the Guard, including a 2004 to 2006 assignment supporting Camp Shelby's mobilization center.
“Very surprised, very honored, very humbled.”
- Legion: Allen B. Carter Post 24
- Marine Corps League: Commiskey-Wheat Detachment 1073
- Church: Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus
- Marine Corps League toy drive: annual, for children in need
Hall also teaches young students about the American flag. The honor runs in the family: his mother, Jeanette S. Hall, a World War II veteran of the Women's Army Corps, was named Veteran of the Year in 2003.
Hall's service and his family's honor, by the numbers
- 32 years
- in the Mississippi Army National Guard
- 1956
- the year his Forrest County residency began
- 2003
- when his mother was named Veteran of the Year
Sources: HubCitySPOKES, wdam.com
Sources: HubCitySPOKES, wdam.com