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editorial essay: finding eric hall

Vietnam veterans Charlie Shaughnessy, left, and Thomas "Wolf" McCarthy comfort each other as they return to the site where Charlie found the body of former Marine Eric Hall in Port Charlotte, Florida. Shaughnessywas the veteran who found Eric - tunneling his way into the pipe until he found his body. Hall went missing a month earlier after having a flashback to his time in Iraq, and was found dead weeks later by Vietnam veteran volunteers in a culvert.
  
Becky Hall comforts her son, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Hall, as they return to the site where the body of his brother and her son, former Marine Eric Hall, was found in Port Charlotte, Florida.
   
Becky Hall touches a photo of her son, Eric Hall, on a flyer after he went missing.
     
  
Vietnam veterans Charlie Shaughnessy, right, and Thomas "Wolf" McCarthy embrace as theyreturn to the site where Charlie found the body of former Marine Eric Hall
   
Veterans greet mourners during a memorial service for former Marine Eric Hall at the Faith Lutheran Church in Punta Gorda, Florida.
   
Kevin Hall cries with his wife, Becky Hall, as they mourn the loss of their son, Eric Hall, during a memorial service for the former Marine.
     
  
The boots and dress shoes of former Marine Eric Hall sit as a Marine stands at attention during his memorial service.
   
Former Marine Sherman Lightle of Port Charlotte, who served from 1948-57, looks at the dress uniform of former Marine Eric Hall after his memorial service.
   
Kevin Hall kisses a photo of his son as he leaves a memorial service for former Marine Eric Hall at the Faith Lutheran Church.
     
  
A photo of former Marine Eric Hall sits on an easel underneath crosses during his memorial service at the Faith Lutheran Church in Punta Gorda, Fla.