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STEPHEN PAUL FINKE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 1, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordStephen Paul Finke, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 101
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 101
- CHARLES GARVIN DOUGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND FEESERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- CRAIG JAMES FOXChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
- RAMON LEE GRAYSONSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- DAVID CRAIG GUNDERSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE BROWNSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- LARRY DANIEL BUFFINGTONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- FRANCISCO TERONI CARVAJALStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- GERALD ALBERT KULMSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 102
- WILLIAM EDWARD MALCOLM JRSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 103
- GEORGE ARDEN MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 103
- TSCHANN SCOTT MASHBURNCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 104
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 104
- IVORY LEE MCKINNEYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 105
- VERNON LEO OKLANDSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 105
- WARKER RICHARD L VANDEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 107
- STEVEN EDWARD WASSONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 107
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.