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WALTER R MCCARTHY JR
Captain · U.S. Army
February 12, 1929 – June 16, 1962
Service recordWalter R McCarthy JR, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 12, 1929
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1962
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1962. In June 1962, 3 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 10
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- JOSEPH A GOLDBERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 15, 1962
- ROBERT LEWIS SIMPSONCaptain · August 28, 1962
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 10
From New York
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
- GERALD MICHAEL ROMANOLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
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.