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DAVID HAROLD FINGER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 8, 1946 – August 6, 1969
Service recordDavid Harold Finger, of Eden, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 101
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Eden, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 101
- JOHN FRANCIS CRIKELAIRSergeant · August 6, 1969
- ROY LEE FELTYSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- ARTHUR GRASSERStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL HASHIN JRCorporal · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY LEO MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 103
- FRED GEROLD RINEHARTSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 104
- DAVID FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 104
- AKKE JANS TIMMER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 105
From Eden
- JOHN BRYAN THOMPSONSergeant · April 20, 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.