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GEORGE AIKMAN FINTER
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
July 26, 1930 – February 28, 1970
Service recordGeorge Aikman Finter, of Fulton, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 26, 1930
- Home of record
- Fulton, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 68
- JAMES PRICE DEVANEYCorporal · February 28, 1970
- KENNETH MICHAEL FLASHNERCorporal · February 28, 1970
- ROBERT ELDRIDGE GUTHRIECorporal · February 28, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN HODGEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1970
From Fulton
- JESSE GEORGE EASTMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1966
- ALLEN PAUL BROEKHUIZENPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES AKINSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL GRAY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 28, 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.