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CARL OTTIS MCCORMICK
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 7, 1928 – October 6, 1972
Service recordCarl Ottis McCormick, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 6, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 20 TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT SQ
- Born
- January 7, 1928
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1972
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 81
- PETER MCARTHUR CLEARYMajor · October 10, 1972
- LEONARDO CAPISTRAN LEONORMajor · October 10, 1972
- FRED GEORGE MICKSergeant · October 12, 1972
- JOHN ROBERT PEACOCK IICaptain · October 12, 1972
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.