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DARRYL EUGENE MCCARTNEY
Major · U.S. Army
November 1, 1931 – March 3, 1969
Service recordDarryl Eugene McCartney, of Jameson, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1931
- Home of record
- Jameson, Missouri (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 28
- CALVIN EDMUNDSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- JOSEPH BYRON MCCARTNEYPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES NINOWPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1969
- DUANE CARL PAEPKE JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 19
- HARRY TODD HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 23
- MANUEL HIGUERAPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 23
- WILLIE ERSKINE MADDENCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 27
- RANDY ROY MUELLERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 27
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 30
- WAYNE WINSTON TEEPLESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 33
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.