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FRANCIS M FINNERTY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1948 – November 17, 1968
Service recordFrancis M Finnerty JR, of Washington, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 79
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 79
- THOMAS FRANCIS CALLAHANLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY ALLEN CRANDALLPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- RONALD EZELL FISHERPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- RYAN JUDE GALLOWPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
From Washington
- EDWARD JOSEPH RUVOLISCorporal · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR SAWRANWarrant Officer 1 · September 12, 1969
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.