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EDWARD POLK MCCARTHY III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1947 – September 29, 1970
Service recordEdward Polk McCarthy III, of Baldwyn, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Baldwyn, Mississippi (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 100
- JAMES MILTON BENICEKWarrant Officer 1 · September 29, 1970
- IGNACIO MONTEROPrivate First Class · September 29, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM NELSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ODSTRCILSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ODSTRCILSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 100
From Baldwyn
- JOHN CURTIS YOUNGLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- PHILLIP ALLEN DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- GERALD CLINTON MAUNEYSergeant · May 16, 1970
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.