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WILLIAM EDWARD FINCHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 7, 1948 – October 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward Fincham, of Culpeper, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Culpeper, Virginia (Culpeper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 61
- RICHARD LEROY CUMMINSSpecialist Five · October 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ROLLAND GODFREYSergeant · October 10, 1969
- DANNY ROBERT HESSONLance Corporal · October 10, 1969
- FRANKLIN LEE WEISNERMajor · October 10, 1969
From Culpeper
- MICHAEL EDWARD STEWARTLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- JOHN ROBIN VRABELPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- PAUL SILVEY COLVINFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1967
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- THOMAS LEE STANLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- CALVIN M MINORPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- DANIEL LEWIS WOODPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- FLOYD BURNETT COATESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
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.