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DAVID PAUL MCCARTHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1944 – November 24, 1967
Service recordDavid Paul McCarthy, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 79
- ALLEN HENRY MARINSICSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIKCaptain · November 24, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN HENRY MARINSICSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 79
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 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.