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FORDHAM E FINCH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – January 13, 1967
Service recordFordham E Finch JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while Operation Cedar Falls was under way. Operation Cedar Falls (8–26 January 1967) sent some 30,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops into the “Iron Triangle” northwest of Saigon to destroy Viet Cong base areas and tunnels. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 21
- JERRY JAMES DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK EADSLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ALBERT BIZZELLSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 19
- JAMES ODEN DOUBERLYStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 20
- GEORGE HENRY HADDOXSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 22
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 24
- HENRY WAYNE WEBSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 25
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
- MARCUS SHARPE TURNER JRCaptain · February 14, 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.