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NICK ALLISON FINLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1949 – December 16, 1969
Service recordNick Allison Finley, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 63
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 63
- ROBERT FRANCIS FAVORPetty Officer First Class · December 16, 1969
- KENNETH ALLISON FORD JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS GAGEStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1969
- FRANCIS MICHAEL GIRARDOTCaptain · December 16, 1969
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 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.