Korean War Project

Note: Original postings on the Korean War Project from 1995 to about 1999.

Charles Patrick Finch

On Mon, 13 Jan 1997
Elizabeth Baiardi Email address wrote:

I am looking for information about my cousin Charles P. Finch who was
lost overboard the USS Charles Sperry on Oct. 5th 1950 - during a 
typhoon. He was serving on watch - only 17 years old - 5 days short of
his 18th birthday and was washed overboard and presumed dead.

They spent only a short time looking for him as they were on the way to
Korea. Is my cousin on the list of Korean war fatalities?

He was the only son of my Aunt and his death affected his extended 
family deeply. Every year on Charlies' birthday, my beloved Aunt (RIP)
would go down to the ocean and drop a rose in. 

Would you search the records of Korean War fatalities and see if
Charles Patrick Finch is listed. 

Thank you. 

Elizabeth Baiardi
559 Edison Rd. Trumbull. Ct. 06611
EBaiardi@aol.com