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KENNETH LEON MCCARTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1951 – April 13, 1970
Service recordKenneth Leon McCarty, of Hanford, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Hanford, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 1
- LEWIS CHARLES OUELLETTESpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · April 13, 1970
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL REINHARDTSergeant · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTINSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 129
- TROY VERNAL CANADYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 130
- JUAN GARCIA-GARAYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 131
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 1
- LESLIE JAMES WATSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 2
From Hanford
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · March 13, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MANUEL BARRERAStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- GAYLORD LEE WESTBAYWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- LOUIE OCHOAPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ROBERT R THOMPSONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · May 10, 1968
- WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERSCorporal · November 27, 1968
- PATRICK ANTHONY WHITTENPrivate First Class · September 11, 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.