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LAMONT WILKERSON FINCH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1940 – December 28, 1966
Service recordLamont Wilkerson Finch, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 90
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 90
- DOUGLAS WILLIAM DOIGCorporal · December 28, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- RONALD GIROUXPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE BARBERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 88
- OTTO WILLIAM BAUMANN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 89
- ERIC ARTHUR BRANNFORSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 89
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 90
- RONALD GIROUXPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 90
- DANIEL A HENNESSYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 91
- DOUGLAS DUANE HOUGCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 91
- RICHARD CHESTER JACOBSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 92
- ERINEO MENDEZ MENDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 92
- CARL SINATRA MERCERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 92
- JOSEPH M MOOREFirst Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 92
- JAMES WILLIAM PAWLAKPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 93
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 94
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 94
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.