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TIMOTHY CLAY MCCARTHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1951 – June 24, 1970
Service recordTimothy Clay McCarthy, of Biloxi, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Biloxi, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 89
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · June 24, 1970
- RUSSELL EUGENE SLOUGHCaptain · June 24, 1970
- RUSSEL EARL VORISFirst Lieutenant · June 24, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD WATSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1970
From Biloxi
- LOUIS DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- DANNIEL NETTER JRCorporal · October 8, 1967
- TIMOTHY LEE ODELLPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- CALVIN EDWARD YOUNGStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1968
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1969
- JOHN ALFRED FELSHERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- ARDEN DALE ZHESpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · March 18, 1970
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.