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ROBERT ALAN MCCARTHY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1950 – February 25, 1969
Service recordRobert Alan McCarthy, of Alden, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Alden, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 54
- THOMAS HOWARD MCGRATHLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID MORGANCorporal · February 25, 1969
- JOSEPH B OLIPHANT JRPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- FRED LAYTON RICARD JRPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
From Alden
- GARY PATTERSON WRATTENMajor · November 4, 1966
- JOHN DELBERT STRATESpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- FRANK FREDERICK MUSICKTechnical Sergeant · December 8, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MINOTTISergeant · May 15, 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.