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DONALD B FINCHER
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 15, 1928 – March 14, 1970
Service recordDonald B Fincher, of Waldo, Arkansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 14, 1970, in Thailand, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 15, 1928
- Home of record
- Waldo, Arkansas (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 127
- TIMOTHY DAVID ECHOLSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- BOBBY GENE HANEYCorporal · March 14, 1970
- GERALD RICHARD HAUSWIRTHFirst Lieutenant · March 14, 1970
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.