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JOHN WEBSTER FINCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1945 – June 30, 1965
Service recordJohn Webster Finch, of Arkansas City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Arkansas City, Kansas (Cowley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 25
- DOUGLAS WAUCHOPEFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM F COVEY JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN HENNEBERRYAirman Second Class · June 30, 1965
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · Panel 2E, Line 26
From Arkansas City
- PETER MARTINEZSergeant · January 21, 1966
- BLAINE LEROY HONEYCUTTSergeant First Class · March 9, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROBERT BITTLESpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- AARON BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · February 20, 1971
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.