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CARL RICHARD MCCARTHY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 6, 1950 – September 20, 1970
Service recordCarl Richard McCarthy JR, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 78
- ALFRED JIMMY HERRING JRLance Corporal · September 20, 1970
- JOHN PAUL JOHNSONSergeant · September 20, 1970
- MICHAEL THOMAS LINVILLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- JOE HERMAN MONTOYAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.