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ALBERT MAURICE FINN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1944 – September 20, 1970
Service recordAlbert Maurice Finn, of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 77
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Lansdale, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 77
- JOSEPH JAMES GAGNESergeant · September 20, 1970
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GALLINASpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
- GORDON KAYE GATHMANPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- DALE ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GLENN BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 76
- WILLIAM THOMAS DOTSON IIISergeant · Panel 7W, Line 76
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 76
- JOHN PAUL JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 78
From Lansdale
- ARMAND JAMES AUFIEREPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- MARK THOMAS LINDERMANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- GEORGE EVERETT SHADEHospitalman · October 13, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY GLORIOSOCorporal · April 30, 1968
- PAUL DEIHL WOLFSergeant · May 9, 1968
- WILLIAM ELWOOD HANNINGSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- RONALD JAMES MURPHYLance Corporal · August 4, 1968
- ANDREW MARK PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.