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JAMES WARREN FINZEL
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1934 – March 6, 1970
Service recordJames Warren Finzel, of Villard, Minnesota, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 9, 1934
- Home of record
- Villard, Minnesota (Pope County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 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 13W, Line 87
- WALTER LEE BECKWITH JRSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- THOMAS CLIFFORD CHANEYCorporal · March 6, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1970
- OREN LEE CROOKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER BRUCE FOOTESergeant · Panel 13W, Line 88
- GEORGE EDMUND RAILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 13W, Line 88
- WILLIE DOUGLAS STEPHENSMaster Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 89
From Villard
- CLARENCE LEROY PALMERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
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.