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JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – May 28, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph Finnegan, of New Hyde Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- New Hyde Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 4
- TED LAVERN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- RALPH PRESTON FLINT JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
- BILLY LEON HAMMONTREEStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1967
- MICHAEL NATHANIEL HARLEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL NATHANIEL HARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 4
- CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
From New Hyde Park
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OGRADYColonel · April 10, 1967
- JOHN DIDOMIZIOPrivate · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BURKECaptain · February 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL RUPERTSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- RALPH WILLIAM MANNERSFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND FERRAZZANOCorporal · October 17, 1968
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.