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John E. Hall (MSgt. rank) was born in Burbank, CA on June 18th, 1950.He grew up in Fresno CA, then later moved to San Francisco to attend college. He graduated with an Associate's Degree in Criminology to pursue a Law Enforcement career.After college, he joined in active duty with the U.S. Air Force, in 1976, serving 20 years; 4 years in Security Forces as an EOD Bomb Dog Handler and then 16 years with Civil Engineers Corps.
Upon retiring at Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO in 1996, he started his civilian career as a Concrete Estimator with Colorado Flat Work Co. After 10 years in Colorado Springs, John with his son followed his wife to Watertown, NY to support her new career through DECA Commissary.
While his wife is performing her 2 year Commissary Management Intern program, he continued with his education and achieved an Associate's Degree in "Business Accounting", along with certifying himself a New York State "Real State License".
John and his family moved to Memphis, TN in 2005 to serve and support his wife's first management assignment. He later obtained a Tennessee "Real State License" while they lived 3 years in Tennessee.
John and his family moved to Little Rock, AR in 2008 to serve and support his wife's second management assignment. John started his third career in "Base Housing Management" at Little Rock Air Force Base, which he then retired in 2017 with serving 8 years of Civil Service.
John has always been an outdoorsman and he loves to travel, fishing and camping. He loves playing Golf with his best buddy from work Marty and bowling with his friends. He also loves his photography and bird watching hobby along with his craftmanship projects in his workshop with his favorite German Shepherd companion "Lady". John is a handy man through and through and known by "Mr. Fix-It" by his wife and friends. He loves having projects like building furniture's, cabinets, tables, stools, chairs, shelving, maintaining the deck, building Lady's winter house. He is always busy working on something.
John is preceded by his sister (Susan Marcelli) who died 3 years ago, and his brother (Dennis Hall) who died 5 years ago and his mother Francis and father John Eugene. John has a surviving sibling step-sister Cheryl Bichlier. John is survived by his wife Yol-Chu "Julie" Hall who's been married with him for 47 years, and his only son John Hall Jr. his daughter's; Robin Baez, Natalie Victorino, grandchildren; Luiz Baez, Miguel Baez, Aidan Baez, and his beloved German Shepherd "Lady".
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