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JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – May 7, 1970
Service recordJohn Joseph McCarthy, of Collingswood, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · 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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Collingswood, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 126
- NEAL ALEXANDER LORD JRStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
- GERALD VERNON LUNDYSergeant · May 7, 1970
- DAVID CARROLL MCCRANIESergeant · May 7, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN ORWIGSergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH BARBERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 120
- EUGENIO BARBOSA-OYOLASpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 120
- TERRY DON BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 120
- WAYNE RICHARD BEBOSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 121
- ARTHUR NELSON KANGASSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 124
From Collingswood
- LAWRENCE FRANK LUBONSKIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MORRISSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS LEARYLance Corporal · April 27, 1969
- STEPHEN WALTER YOUNGSecond Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- WILLIAM ALVIN COMLYCorporal · March 11, 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.