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JOHN NILES MCCARTHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 29, 1949 – May 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Niles McCarthy, of Glen Cove, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Glen Cove, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 97
- GARY ARNOLD NEAVORSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- THOMAS PATRICK ODEASpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- ROGER LEE OLIVERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- JOHN HERBERT PLATTPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BOSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 91
- JOHN ALOYSIUS GILLENSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 94
From Glen Cove
- WILLIAM KEVIN COLWELLChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MORSESergeant · May 2, 1968
- DENNIS BRIAN MURRAYSpecialist Four · June 12, 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.