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CHARLES KENNETH FINK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1946 – September 14, 1968
Service recordCharles Kenneth Fink, of Bedford, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Bedford, Virginia (Bedford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 58
- CARY FRANCIS MCAFEECaptain · September 14, 1968
- JOHN TERRY MCINNISPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES MOORESergeant First Class · September 14, 1968
- ALVIN GEORGE MUTTERMajor · September 14, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER NAIMO JRPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
From Bedford
- ALFRED WILLIAM ROBINSONSergeant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS TUCKER OLIVERCaptain · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE NATHANIEL DAVISPrivate · July 22, 1968
- EDWARD EARL DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
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.