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JAMES NORMAN FINN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1931 – November 4, 1966
Service recordJames Norman Finn, of Salem, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 6, 1931
- Home of record
- Salem, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 20
- VINCENT JOHN CONNOLLYLieutenant Colonel · November 4, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BALT HUNTMaster Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 22
From Salem
- ROBERT BERNARD MANNPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- WILLIAM NICHOLAS LOOMISLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- THOMAS WILFRED GAUDETPetty Officer Third Class · April 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.