Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Accounted for
Headstone of James Lon McCarty
Headstone of James Lon McCarty
U.S. Air Force · United States United States

James Lon McCarty

Captain
1946 – 1972
Purple Heart
Air MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 01W
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Captain James Lon McCarty served in the U.S. Air Force. James served in the Vietnam War. James was 26 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Injury, unspecified
Circumstance Killed in action
Keepsakes
James L Mc Carty
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Service Record
U.S. Air Force
25TH TAC FTR SQDN, 8TH TAC FTR WING, 7TH AF
1115: Pilot, Tactical Aircraft, (various)
CAPT
PILOT
2001
Pay grade O03.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 5

For service and achievement

Purple Heart
Air Medal

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 01W · Line 49 cut as JAMES L McCARTY
Burial Information
Cemetery National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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James Lon McCarty
Captain
U.S. Air Force
- 2001
Captain
Purple Heart
Air Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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