Name: James Finzel

Rank: SFC

Retired Rank: Deceased

PMOS: Operations Sp SMOS: Other:

Groups:
5th SFGA

Teams/Camps in SE ASIA: Rt Moccasin, Team Leader (10)

Comments: Drowned on Beach at CCN compound in March 1970, celebrateding his extraction from a Prarie Fire Emergency one day before, where he had been on an extened LR Recon Op during which he performed action for which he was later awarded Silver Star and from which he was extracted over 100 miles by string. It was at that time the longest Prarie Fire Emergency to date.