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WILLIAM MICHAEL FINK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1950 – April 2, 1970
Service recordWilliam Michael Fink, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 80
- ALVIN WINSLOW FLOYDSergeant First Class · April 2, 1970
- CARL LEE FRUECHTENICHTSpecialist Four · April 2, 1970
- SPENCER ALAN GOETHECorporal · April 2, 1970
- LARRY GRAVESCorporal · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN WINSLOW FLOYDSergeant First Class · Panel 12W, Line 80
- MICKEY EUGENE GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 81
- KENNETH RAY HAWLEYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 81
- MELVYN HAMANA KALILIStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 81
- ORVILLE EUGENE KITCHEN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 82
- RONALD VICTOR KOLBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 82
- JOHN JOSEPH LYONSSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 83
- JOHN EDWARD RARRICKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 83
- SEVERIANO RIOSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 84
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 84
- MICHAEL FRANCIS THOMASStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 85
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.