He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War I. Thomas Lee Hall was born in Fort Mill, South Carolina in 1895 and died October 8, 1918, near Montbrehain, France.
Lee Hall, Tom's father, operated a grocery store on Main Street and a farm while serving as mayor of Fort Mill.
Tom helped out in the store until 1908 when his father gave up merchandising to manage the Springfield farm north of town.
Tom was a member of Fort Mill's National Guard, Co. G in July 1916 when the unit was sent to the Mexican border to protect American citizens and property from raids by Poncho Villa and his forces.
It was a different story when Company G, led by Captain S. W. Parks, left Fort Mill to join the Old Hickory Division at Camp Sevier in Greenville during October 1917.
In the next three weeks, Sept. 29 to Oct. 20, the 30th Infantry Division captured 98 German officers and 3,750 enlisted men.
His skill of leadership and his conduct in the face of danger won the admiration of all ranks.The Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously and accepted by his father in a special ceremony in Fort Mill's Confederate Park July 20, 1919.
Fort Mill was proud of Thomas Lee Hall, the 123 other Fort Mill residents who served in World War I, and renamed "Booth" street (named after John Wilkes Booth.)
Hall's platoon was stopped 800 yards from its final objective by machine gun fire of particular intensity.
While attacking another machine gun nest later in the day, this gallant soldier was mortally wounded.