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WHILTON ANTHONY MCCARTHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1946 – May 16, 1967
Service recordWhilton Anthony McCarthy, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 14
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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Also on Panel 20E, Line 14
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE DODGECommander · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT DOWNEY JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES ADRAIN EAKINSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.