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RICHARD K FINSTERWALDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1945 – November 22, 1966
Service recordRichard K Finsterwalder, of Carthage, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Carthage, New York (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 109
- ANTHONY TONY MARTINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
- THOMAS J MAYERFirst Lieutenant · November 22, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS MCCABEPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- DOCK JEFFERSON PINIONSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY TONY MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 109
- JOHN FRANCIS MCCABEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 109
From Carthage
- ROBERT LANSING BURRELLSpecialist Four · January 17, 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.