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JOSEPH F MCCARTHY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1947 – May 25, 1969
Service recordJoseph F McCarthy JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 105
- PAUL ARNOLD GRAFFLance Corporal · May 25, 1969
- LIN ALBERT MAHNERPetty Officer First Class · May 25, 1969
- GEORGE CECIL MELTONPrivate · May 25, 1969
- ARTHUR R NEWKIRKSpecialist Five · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS CLENNONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 102
- DUANE LEON CLOUSESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 102
- DONALD WILLIAM IDEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 103
- THOMAS BERNHARD PAYNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 106
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.