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JOHN HENRY MCCARTHY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1943 – March 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Henry McCarthy, of Allston, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- July 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Allston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 21
- DONALD LYLE MCHUGOMajor · March 25, 1968
- PATRICK C MCILROYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- JAMES ELDON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MULLINSLance Corporal · March 25, 1968
From Allston
- JOHN EDWARD WHITEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES MCINTYRESergeant · March 24, 1969
- GEORGE WILLIAM CASEYMajor General · July 7, 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.