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ROBERT EDWARD FINAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1949 – April 16, 1969
Service recordRobert Edward Finan, of Claremont, New Hampshire, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 93
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Claremont, New Hampshire (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 93
- CARLYLE MILLER BOWDEN IIIPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- WILLIAM OMER BURKETTCaptain · April 16, 1969
- WAYNE EUGENE BYRNEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- KARL HOWARD CULPLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
From Claremont
- GARY NORMAN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- RICHARD TERRANCE DEROSIERWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1970
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.