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EDWARD JOSEPH MCCARTHY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1928 – February 28, 1966
Service recordEdward Joseph McCarthy, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 88
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- September 12, 1928
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 88
- LARRY EDWARD MACDONALDLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- BRENT A MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCCOYSecond Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.