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LARRY LEONARD FINCHER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1948 – August 29, 1968
Service recordLarry Leonard Fincher, of Algona, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Algona, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 56
- DAVID LYNN ANDREWSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- ALAN FREDERICK ASHALLLieutenant Commander · August 29, 1968
- DANIEL JACQUES BOTTANPrivate First Class · August 29, 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.