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RICHARD ELWOOD FINK
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – January 7, 1967
Service recordRichard Elwood Fink, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 121
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ammunition Helper (55A)
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 121
- JAMES ISAH E DANFORDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- SAMUEL DIGGES FREEMAN IIICaptain · January 7, 1967
- CONLEY R GARLANDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 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.