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HAROLD JAMES FINNEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1950 – June 21, 1969
Service recordHarold James Finney JR, of Asan, Guam, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 102
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Asan, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 102
- JAMES JOHN BARTONPrivate · June 21, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROBERT BITTLESpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH BOSCOLance Corporal · June 21, 1969
- ANTONIO GONZALES CASTILLOSpecialist Four · June 21, 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.
