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JULIAN A FINCHER JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 7, 1944 – January 23, 1967
Service recordJulian A Fincher JR, of Fairborn, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 120 AVN CO CAP AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Fairborn, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “120 AVN CO CAP AVN BN 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 69
- MARK ANTHONY CHMIELPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
- ALEXANDER COLES JRHospitalman · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ELICE COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1967
- JONATHON E THOMAS JRFirst Sergeant · January 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GUINN JUNELL ROGERSCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 71
From Fairborn
- EDWARD API LOVELLStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1965
- RONALD MICHAEL OBENOURSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- ARLIE TERRYStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- LESLIE BERKLEY SAYREFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- HAROLD LECURNE ZUG JRSergeant · August 27, 1968
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · December 9, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
- RONALD DEAN SWINFORDLance Corporal · September 4, 1970
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.