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FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1935 – March 28, 1968
Service recordFrederick Donald McCarty, of Laurel, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1935
- Home of record
- Laurel, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 57
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- HENRY ELMER MACCANNColonel · March 28, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- JIMMIE LEFON MCRAEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LAVERN BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 52
- RAYMOND CHARLES DOWNINSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 53
- PAUL DAVID KUEHLPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 56
- LAWRENCE W OMEARASpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 58
- JOSEPH CONARD PARK JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 58
- JOSEPH FRANCIS SCHLICKSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 59
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 59
From Laurel
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1966
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- COLBEN BENJAMIN STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · April 7, 1969
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.