Hal Wellman Vincent (September 24, 1927 – April 28, 2015) was a naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps who retired at the rank of major general.

That summer he joined the United States Navy's V-5 Naval Aviation Cadet Program and during the next year studied at both Colgate University and Western Michigan College.

He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in June 1950 upon his graduation from the Naval Academy.

[1] From July to October 1953 he flew F2H-4 Banshees with VMF-214 at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California.

He flew F9F Panthers with VMF-115 and served as assistant operations officer of Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13) from November 1953 until December 1954.

During this tour he also took part in their Western Pacific deployment to Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan from April to November 1964.

In November 1964, he became the aviation member of the Amphibious Warfare Presentation Team, which operated from MCB Quantico, Virginia.

During the tour he was awarded a Certificate of Equivalency for completion of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and promoted to lieutenant colonel.

From 7 August 1967 through 14 June 1968, he served as the Commanding Officer of VMFA-312, at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina.

On 20 February 1987, a man attempted to plant a bomb inside the 1968 Dodge Dart that Vincent was driving outside of a Laguna Hills, California office building.

The man, who had been involved in a lawsuit with Vincent over land in Oregon, was killed when the device prematurely exploded.