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DENNIS WILLIAM FINNEGAN
Major · U.S. Army
February 18, 1943 – October 31, 1972
Service recordDennis William Finnegan, of New York, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1972, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 86
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 18, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1972; 15 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 86
- LOUIS OSCAR CALDERONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- ROGER RIDGELY CHAMBLISSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- RICHARD BARTON FREEMANSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES A MCSWINEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 1W, Line 87
- KENNETH JAMES SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 87
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.