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WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 17, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward Finley, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 38
- JAMES TERRANCE FEENEYSergeant · February 2, 1969
- RAYMOND GENE FELDStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS FREPPONStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1969
- RENALD LUDGER GAGNEPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 36
- ALBERT ASHLEY DAVENPORTSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 37
- JOHN DENNIS FREPPONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JAMES GAINES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 39
- JAMES JOHN MORRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 42
- JAMES MARCUS ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 43
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
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.