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VALARIAN LAWRENCE FINLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1947 – May 28, 1969
Service recordValarian Lawrence Finley, of Mandaree, North Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 8
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Mandaree, North Dakota (Mckenzie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 8
- JAMES LEE DREWSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- VALENTINE MARION DWORNIKSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- EARL ARTHUR GODMANSergeant · May 28, 1969
- LAWRENCE HUGH GRILLOAirman First Class · May 28, 1969
From Mandaree
- MYRON BLAINE JOHNSONSergeant · March 28, 1971
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.