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WILLIAM JOSEPH MCCARTY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1942 – October 12, 1967
Service recordWilliam Joseph McCarty, of Ft Edward, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 96
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Edward, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 96
- JOHN RAYMOND LEECorporal · October 12, 1967
- MALCOLM PIERCE LIBBEYStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1967
- FRANK MELECAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- RONALD STIRLING PENMANSpecialist Four · October 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSE SALAZARPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 95
- MALCOLM PIERCE LIBBEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 96
From Ft Edward
- DENNIS EDWARD HIGGINSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- OWEN DAVID GOODSELLSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM COLLIERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- GENE FRANCIS COLVINSergeant · July 1, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DANGELICOSpecialist Four · January 2, 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.