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CECIL FRANKLIN FINCHER JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
March 1, 1945 – January 24, 1967
Service recordCecil Franklin Fincher JR, of Washington, Arkansas, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 24, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 73
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- March 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Washington, Arkansas (Hempstead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 73
- ANTONIO ALVARADO ESQUEDASpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- DAVID CLARK GREGORYSpecialist Five · January 24, 1967
- JIMMIE ANDREW HERRERACorporal · January 24, 1967
- ROBERT HAROLD SMITHSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
From Washington
- RICHARD JOE STERLINGStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1967
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.