Born May 18, 1894 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Son of Dr. Louis P. and Elizabeth D. Hall. Educated Ann Arbor schools, University of Michigan, and Dartmouth College, Class of 1915. Joined American Field Service, June 15, 1915; attached Section Three. Many men admired Richard Hall for his relentless and tireless dedication to always drive again up and down to the Hartmannswillerkopf over roads, filled with soldiers and animals. While making some deliveries in his ambulance a seemingly random German shell hit his ambulance and killed him near Hartsmannsweilerkopf, Alsace night of December 24-25, 1915.

He has a cenotaph located in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan.