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EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1947 – February 2, 1967
Service recordEdward Charles McCarthy, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 109
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 109
- JOHN EARL MYERSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1967
- MARION GILMER RUNIONCaptain · February 2, 1967
- LARRY EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- LARRY ELDON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- SAMUEL RODGER CASTELLANOPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
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.