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ROBERT ALTON FINK
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 22, 1945 – May 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Alton Fink, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 9
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- June 22, 1945
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 9
- HENRY COAKLEY FLIPPENStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE GILLISPIEPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT ESPINOZA GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GOREPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ERNEST ALBANESE JRSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 5
- JOHN LEMOINE COONStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 7
- JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUMCaptain · Panel 66E, Line 12
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · Panel 67E, Line 3
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.