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JACK WILLARD FINCHUM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1945 – July 27, 1967
Service recordJack Willard Finchum, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 6
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- December 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 6
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE FLANINGAMCorporal · July 27, 1967
- MARTIN A FLEISCHMANNStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID HARDIEPetty Officer Second Class · July 27, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.