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JOHN OTIS FINNICUM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1922 – June 3, 1966
Service recordJohn Otis Finnicum, of Kanauga, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 15, 1922
- Home of record
- Kanauga, Ohio (Gallia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 2
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- HEZEKIAH GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- JERRY WILSON HARMONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- LUTHER LEE ROSEChief Master Sergeant · June 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WILSON HARMONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 2
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.