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KEN ALLEN MCCARTNEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 5, 1944 – November 5, 1969
Service recordKen Allen McCartney, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 33
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 33
- FRED JOSHUA CARTERFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1969
- PATRICK JOHN DONOVANLieutenant (junior grade) · November 5, 1969
- JOSEPH YGNACIO ECHANISMajor · November 5, 1969
- ROBERT BURCH ELDRIDGEFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD L FLAMENTSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 34
- RICHARD L MOOREHEADSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 35
- CHARLES ALBERT POSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 35
- WILLIAM THOMAS QUILLINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 35
- GEROULD MCLEAN RUMBLE IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 35
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.