The Wall › Panel 25W › California › Terry Alan McCarthy
TERRY ALAN MCCARTHY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1949 – May 11, 1969
Service recordTerry Alan McCarthy, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · 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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 52
- TERRY KAY MAREADYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARRELLSergeant · May 11, 1969
- PATRICK RYAN MCCLUREPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- MICHAEL SEIJI NAKASHIMASpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITHCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 48
- GERALD DEAN JERDESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 49
- GEORGE HENRY JULESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 50
- ROBERT GARY KOVALPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 50
- TERRY KAY MAREADYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 52
- CHARLIE THOMAS NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 53
- RICHARD MANUEL PACOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 53
- CHARLES MARTIN PENLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 53
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 54
- WILLIAM SHELLEY SLAUGHTERSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 56
- WILLIAM HENRY SWANSONPrivate · Panel 25W, Line 56
- MICHAEL ARTHUR WALTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 57
- LARRY LEE WEEDENSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 57
- RICHARD LEE ZODYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 58
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.