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TIMOTHY JOHN MCCARTHY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1941 – December 20, 1966
Service recordTimothy John McCarthy, of Ossining, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Ossining, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 65
- AUGUST GORDIAN MANNION JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- GREGORY L MILLERPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- JAY PAULCorporal · December 20, 1966
- BRIAN FREDERICK SMITHLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
From Ossining
- SALVATORE MANCUSOSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- THOMAS A MRAVAKCaptain · February 3, 1971
- DAVID L WEEKSLieutenant Colonel · November 12, 1974
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.