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MICHAEL ROY FINERTY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1947 – March 15, 1968
Service recordMichael Roy Finerty, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 58
- THEODORE DANIEL BERNARDSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- RICARDO CAMPOSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW CHISHOLMCorporal · March 15, 1968
- WILLIAM W DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GILLES DAVID ADAMSSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 56
- WILBERT RAY BARBEESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 57
- CHARLES LARRY BONNERSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 57
- THEODORE DANIEL BERNARDSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 58
- RICARDO CAMPOSPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 58
- JAMES MAYNARD JENSENCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 59
From Midwest City
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BERNARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- GAILEN CHEEK CROSSLINPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- RANDALL LEE MCELREATHLance Corporal · March 12, 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.