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THOMAS CALVERT FINN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – November 24, 1970
Service recordThomas Calvert Finn, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 CAV 1 DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 89
- RONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 28, 1970
- CRAIG NELSON WARDLance Corporal · November 28, 1970
- EARNEST WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 28, 1970
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · November 29, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT BEANSergeant First Class · November 29, 1970
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.