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RAYMOND PATRICK FINLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1947 – October 1, 1967
Service recordRaymond Patrick Finley, of St Maries, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- St Maries, Idaho (Benewah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1967
- 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
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 36
- ROBERT RAY BROWNCorporal · October 1, 1967
- QUINNEN T CHANDLER JRCorporal · October 1, 1967
- LESSELL DUNN JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE BUFORD FLOWERSFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1967
From St Maries
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · August 1, 1966
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.