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EDWARD WESLEY MCCARTY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1947 – November 11, 1969
Service recordEdward Wesley McCarty, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 59
- WILLIE EDWARD MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK MCQUEERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM MEADOWSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 56
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 56
- CHARLES JOSEPH KEITTPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 58
- RICHARD STEPHEN LEACHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 58
- WILLIE EDWARD MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 59
- ROGER LEE TALLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 60
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.