Charles Richard Finley
"Richard"

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CHARLES RICHARD FINLEY went by Richard. Richard was planning on being a minister after his service. He was also excellent at drawing things. Richard was wounded in action but died in a helicopter crash. He is buried in the Cape County Memorial Park cemetery.

A note from The Virtual Wall At daybreak on 11 April 1968, a UH-34D from HMM-163 launched on a medevac flight to pick up wounded Marines from the vicinity of Khe Sanh. The UH-34D was escorted by two UH-1E gunships from VMO-6. After picking up the four wounded men, the flight proceeded toward the medical facility at Dong Ha. While enroute, one of the escorting UH-1Es - which were flying above and behind the UH-34D - was involved in a mid-air collision with the UH-34. Both aircraft went down. Thirteen men died in the accident: Aboard the UH-34D (BuNo 145804): CAPT Eugene Richard Gannon, aircraft commander 2ndLT John Parker Holden II, copilot CPL John Arleigh Nixon, gunner Cpl Frederick Dunham Graten, crew chief HN Frank Paul Addice, Navy Corpsman, MAG-36 CPL Robert Winslow Belcher, passenger, H&S Co, 3/26 PFC Dennis Robert Davidson, passenger, A Co, 3rd Tank Bn PFC Richard Eugene Erwin, passenger, H&S Co, 3/26 PFC Charles Richard Finley, passenger, M Co, 3/26 Aboard the UH-1E (BuNo 154968): CAPT Bruce Francis McMillan, pilot 1stLT Ronald Edgar Riede, copilot CPL Paul James Allen, crew chief LCPL Michael Gregory DeMarco, gunner From the Pop-A-Smoke site

A memorial initiated by his niece, Jacqueline Finley-Brown LtMrngStar@aol.com  17 Jun 2002

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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