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WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1948 – December 16, 1967
Service recordWilliam Francis McCarthy, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 12
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
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 12
- PATRICK ROBERT ROYPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- MARCOS SOSA JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- RONALD T STOKESSergeant · December 16, 1967
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- SAMUEL RODGER CASTELLANOPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
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.