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CARLTON F MCCAGG JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1947 – January 16, 1970
Service recordCarlton F McCagg JR, of Chatham, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Chatham, New York (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 39
- JESSE DEFOREST CANFIELDSpecialist Four · January 16, 1970
- KENNETH CHARLES MCTIERSpecialist Five · January 16, 1970
- BRIAN JOSEPH OCALLAGHANFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1970
- EARL ARCHER PEAKSpecialist Six · January 16, 1970
From Chatham
- FRANK ROCCO FRATELLENICOCorporal · August 19, 1970
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.