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EARL EDWARD MCCARTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 2, 1950 – February 28, 1971
Service recordEarl Edward McCarty, of Meeteetse, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Meeteetse, Wyoming (Park County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 12
- ALBION JOE BERGANTZELCorporal · February 28, 1971
- HOWARD SIDNEY LAMBSergeant · February 28, 1971
- MORRIS ALFRED SIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1971
- CHARLES G TAUBERMAN SRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1971
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.