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TERRY DEAN FINCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 29, 1948 – January 26, 1968
Service recordTerry Dean Finch, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 39
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 39
- HOWARD FRANKLIN COLES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1968
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- FREDERICK JOHN FALK JRLance Corporal · January 26, 1968
- HARRY SAMUEL FITEZ JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE CLIFFORD BLOOMSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 36
- JAMES WILLIAMS FOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 37
- JIMMY LEROY JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 40
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.