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JAMES FINNEY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1949 – August 3, 1970
Service recordJames Finney JR, of St Albans, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 78
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- St Albans, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 78
- RAYMOND LEON WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · August 2, 1970
- STEPHEN LESLIE BOYDLance Corporal · August 3, 1970
- EARL DAVID BROACHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- MICHAEL WADE BROWNSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KIRK LESLIE RAUCHSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 80
- PORFIRIO ROMERO-PEREZSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 80
From St Albans
- COLEY LOUIS WASHINGTON JRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY BALDWINSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- HERBERT SHERRILLSergeant · June 29, 1967
- SAMUEL LEE DASH JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DONALD CALVIN BROWNSergeant · January 12, 1968
- WILLIAM ADAMS JRCorporal · April 19, 1968
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · June 18, 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.