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Family members of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sanford I. Finger, 29, of Miami Beach, Florida, killed during the Vietnam War, spread dirt over the casket at Finger's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, June 16, 2023.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency accounted for Finger on Aug. 23, 2022.
In October 1971, Finger was assigned to the U.S. Army Element Vietnam, Army Air Force Regional Exchange, Pacific Exchange (Manager of the An Son Post Exchange), U.S. Army Headquarters Area Command. On Oct. 26, Finger was lost when the CH-47B Chinook helicopter on which he was a passenger went down over water in bad weather while flying from Tuy Hoa to Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam. Remains of four of the 10 Soldiers on board were recovered during search and rescue operations following the crash, but Finger was not accounted for.
An unsuccessful recovery attempt was made in 1974 when divers from the Joint Casualty Resolution Center dove on what was believed to be the crash site. A number of investigation and recovery efforts took place between 1994 and 2021 with a June 2021 recovery mission finding possible human remains and material evidence. (Defense Department by Ashley M. Wright)
| Date Taken: | 06.16.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 06.23.2023 08:45 |
| Photo ID: | 7869256 |
| VIRIN: | 230616-F-wj103-0008 |
| Resolution: | 3147x3948 |
| Size: | 2.63 MB |
| Location: | ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VIRGINIA, US |
| Hometown: | MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, US |
| Web Views: | 27 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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