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LOYD VAN MCCARTHY JR
Captain · U.S. Army
June 21, 1943 – March 16, 1971
Service recordLoyd Van McCarthy JR, of Borger, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 52
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Airfield Commander (1982)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Borger, Texas (Hutchinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 52
- CLYDE THOMASCorporal · March 15, 1971
- CLIFFORD EUGENE BENCHSpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
- GARY JAMES FUQUASpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
- JAMES LEE GETTERPrivate · March 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY JAMES FUQUASpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 52
- CHARLES DAVID ALLEN JRCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 53
From Borger
- WAYNE B PLATTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT EARL WESLEYStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR JONESSergeant · March 12, 1968
- DAVID ESEQUIEL PADILLALance Corporal · May 18, 1968
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.