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ANDREW C MCCARTNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 10, 1949 – April 10, 1970
Service recordAndrew C McCartney, of Lakewood, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 10, 1970, in Thailand, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 15
- ESTILL R MCINTOSHSergeant First Class · May 10, 1970
- LESLIE HALASZ SABO JRSergeant · May 10, 1970
- PHILLIP NICHOLAS SCHMITZFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1970
- RONALD OWEN SMILEYFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1970
From Lakewood
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- RANDOLPH SCOTT HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JOHN MARK ZEHNDERSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES PASTVALance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- MICHEAL ALLEN MIKITISGunnery Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- GERALD JAMES WINCHCaptain · March 15, 1968
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · April 30, 1968
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · December 27, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK KILBANECorporal · February 6, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.