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JAMES LON MCCARTY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 24, 1946 – June 24, 1972
Service recordJames Lon McCarty, of Mclean, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 24, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 49
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Born
- April 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Mclean, Texas (Gray County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1972. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 49
- ROBERT DALE MCLARENSpecialist Four · June 24, 1972
- THOMAS JOSEPH JOZEFOWSKICaptain · June 25, 1972
- GEOFFREY RAYMOND SHUMWAYLieutenant Commander · June 25, 1972
- DAVID LEWIS YOAKUMCaptain · June 25, 1972
From Mclean
- VALDEZ SHARPPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
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.