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WILLIAM ROBERT FINN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 15, 1947 – December 24, 1971
Service recordWilliam Robert Finn, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 24, 1971, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 91
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Forward Air Controller (1141F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 20 TASS
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 24, 1971
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “20 TASS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 91
- RONALD JOHN COLEMANTechnical Sergeant · December 24, 1971
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL TUCKERCaptain · December 24, 1971
- JAMES CHARLES WATSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1971
- ROBERT EDWARD FURSTENWERTHSpecialist Five · December 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL TUCKERCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 91
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 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.