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PATRICK DALE FINCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – June 4, 1969
Service recordPatrick Dale Finch, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 63
- DONNEY DELANEYPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- FRANCO ANTONIO DITULLIOFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
- GREGORY GERALD FUCHSCaptain · June 4, 1969
- JOE ROBERT GARCIACorporal · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT KUMMINGSCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 65
- OSCAR CLEMENT MAYER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 65
- MICHAEL DENTIS TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 68
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZAPPINI JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 69
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.