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MICHAEL BLAKE FINN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – July 21, 1969
Service recordMichael Blake Finn, of South Wilmington, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- South Wilmington, Illinois (Grundy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 29
- MARTIN WAYNE DROIGKPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- YOUEAL DEAN ERWINSergeant · July 21, 1969
- JOHN T FUDGEPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- LUIS ALONZO SOTELOStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD FREDERICK WILDERSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 33
From South Wilmington
- BENJAMIN VICTOR DOMANSergeant · September 21, 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.