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WILLIAM ARTHUR FINKEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1947 – August 28, 1966
Service recordWilliam Arthur Finkel, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1966, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 53
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1966; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 53
- ROBERT CURTIS BORTON JRGunnery Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.