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BENJAMIN B FINZER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 18, 1942 – September 13, 1966
Service recordBenjamin B Finzer, of Kenilworth, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 13, 1966, in Thailand, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- July 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Kenilworth, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 91
- ALONZA EVANSPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- HOWARD WALKER KAISERFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD WALKER KAISERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 91
- JOHN E STACKHOUSECaptain · Panel 10E, Line 93
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.