US Marine Corps
WWII Veteran
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Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
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Dexter Wilson Fincher was a field cook in the Marines for nearly a year when he chose to start over as a private and to learn gunnery. That was in May 1940.
He had made gunnery sergeant by the time he was killed on the U.S.S. Arizona in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Mr. Fincher was born Feb. 23, 1917, to John Fincher, a building painter, and Grace Barney Fincher, a homemaker. The 1920 Census showed the family living in Crook County, Oregon.
The son enlisted in the Marines on July 10, 1939.
Dexter Fincher Post 1412 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Prineville, Oregon, was mustered in July 1942 in his honor. There is a cenotaph in his memory at Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville. His parents are buried there.
Sources: The Bend (Oregon) Bulletin; the Central Oregonian; marker at Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville, Oregon; Census; Marine muster roll. Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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Below courtesy of Major Jim Geiser (#48261393)
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His parents (1920 census) were John W. Finche (c.1877) and Grace M. Finche (b. 1886).
WWII Veteran
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Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
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Dexter Wilson Fincher was a field cook in the Marines for nearly a year when he chose to start over as a private and to learn gunnery. That was in May 1940.
He had made gunnery sergeant by the time he was killed on the U.S.S. Arizona in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Mr. Fincher was born Feb. 23, 1917, to John Fincher, a building painter, and Grace Barney Fincher, a homemaker. The 1920 Census showed the family living in Crook County, Oregon.
The son enlisted in the Marines on July 10, 1939.
Dexter Fincher Post 1412 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Prineville, Oregon, was mustered in July 1942 in his honor. There is a cenotaph in his memory at Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville. His parents are buried there.
Sources: The Bend (Oregon) Bulletin; the Central Oregonian; marker at Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville, Oregon; Census; Marine muster roll. Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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Below courtesy of Major Jim Geiser (#48261393)
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His parents (1920 census) were John W. Finche (c.1877) and Grace M. Finche (b. 1886).
US Marine Corps
WWII Veteran
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Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
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Dexter Wilson Fincher was a field cook in the Marines for nearly a year when he chose to start over as a private and to learn gunnery. That was in May 1940.
He had made gunnery sergeant by the time he was killed on the U.S.S. Arizona in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Mr. Fincher was born Feb. 23, 1917, to John Fincher, a building painter, and Grace Barney Fincher, a homemaker. The 1920 Census showed the family living in Crook County, Oregon.
The son enlisted in the Marines on July 10, 1939.
Dexter Fincher Post 1412 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Prineville, Oregon, was mustered in July 1942 in his honor. There is a cenotaph in his memory at Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville. His parents are buried there.
Sources: The Bend (Oregon) Bulletin; the Central Oregonian; marker at Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville, Oregon; Census; Marine muster roll. Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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Below courtesy of Major Jim Geiser (#48261393)
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His parents (1920 census) were John W. Finche (c.1877) and Grace M. Finche (b. 1886).
WWII Veteran
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Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)
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Dexter Wilson Fincher was a field cook in the Marines for nearly a year when he chose to start over as a private and to learn gunnery. That was in May 1940.
He had made gunnery sergeant by the time he was killed on the U.S.S. Arizona in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Mr. Fincher was born Feb. 23, 1917, to John Fincher, a building painter, and Grace Barney Fincher, a homemaker. The 1920 Census showed the family living in Crook County, Oregon.
The son enlisted in the Marines on July 10, 1939.
Dexter Fincher Post 1412 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Prineville, Oregon, was mustered in July 1942 in his honor. There is a cenotaph in his memory at Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville. His parents are buried there.
Sources: The Bend (Oregon) Bulletin; the Central Oregonian; marker at Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville, Oregon; Census; Marine muster roll. Marine photo. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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Below courtesy of Major Jim Geiser (#48261393)
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His parents (1920 census) were John W. Finche (c.1877) and Grace M. Finche (b. 1886).
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