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JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1942 – February 20, 1967
Service recordJohn Edward McCarthy, of Peabody, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A 302 SPEC FORV
- Born
- October 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Peabody, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 66
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- ENOCH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1967
- BRUCE STEPHEN LAPORTEHospitalman · February 20, 1967
- GARY LEE WOOTONSergeant · February 20, 1967
From Peabody
- LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1965
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- RALPH WARREN MANEYSergeant · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE ROSSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- RICHARD LANE COTTERSecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOISWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1969
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- BRUCE DAVID DICKFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 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.