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GLENN WELDON MCCARTY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1949 – February 20, 1971
Service recordGlenn Weldon McCarty, of Texas City, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 126
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Texas City, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 126
- CARL NACCA JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 20, 1971
- JOHN VERNON RAUENWarrant Officer 1 · February 20, 1971
- JON ERIC REIDChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 20, 1971
- JAMES KENNETH SCHMOLLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER L CLEARWATERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 123
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 124
- BRIAN WALLACE KONGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 125
- WILLIAM WALTER MALONESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 125
From Texas City
- CHARLES EDWARD HERRINGTONSergeant · November 15, 1965
- QUINTON MORGAN BICECorporal · October 14, 1967
- RUFUS HOODPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- RONALD ARWED HILLMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS RAYMOND STEINBACHLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- WAIN PERRY CRAIGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- ROBERT DALE SPENCERSergeant · August 3, 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.