Army SGT Tyler Hall

Wasilla, AK

In 1999, Tyler Hall joined the Army after high school to carry on his family’s generational lineage of military service.

On August 22, 2003, Sergeant Hall was serving as a combat engineer with the 14th Combat Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade attached to the 4th Infantry Division in Baji, Iraq, when his vehicle struck an improved explosive device (IED). He sustained severe head and face trauma, back injuries, a fractured hand and humerus, a punctured lung and severed aorta, loss of 12 teeth, bilateral hearing loss, below-the-knee amputation of his left leg, and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

He was flown to a trauma hospital in Iraq for immediate treatment and subsequently transported to Landstuhl, Germany, before returning stateside to Walter Reed Medical Center, where he spent three months in a medically induced coma, requiring life-saving resuscitation eight times during his post-injury treatment. Tyler spent four years at Walter Reed Medical Center relearning how to walk and perform daily activities.

Medically retired, Tyler is the Post Commander of AMVETS in Wasilla and enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking, and four-wheeling. His current home is a small cabin that cannot accommodate a wheelchair. “It takes a lot of energy to complete daily tasks in my home,” he says. “I’m looking forward to getting around without hopping around the house.”

A specially adapted custom HFOT home will allow Tyler to safely prepare meals in his wheelchair with roll-under access to the stove, sink, and countertops. The pull-down shelving and lowered countertops will give him full accessibility to cabinets and appliances. “The kitchen will help me prepare food even if I can’t wear my prosthetic leg,” he says.

Originally from Alaska, Tyler is choosing to remain in his home state.

Tyler would like HFOT donors and supporters to know he is thankful for their generosity. “You all have stepped forward for those of us who have experienced trauma to recover and grow with the gift of a lifetime—a new home. I cannot thank you enough. Because of you, I am getting a chance for one of my dreams to come true!

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