James Lon McCarty

Vietnam War
Unit25th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromMc Lean Texas
Date of DeathJune 24 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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25th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Notes
Captain McCarty was a member of the 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On June 24, 1972, he was flying in a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) when he encountered six MiGs over Nghia Lo Province, North Vietnam and his aircraft was shot down by an air to air missile. His remains were recovered on September 13, 1990 and identified on June 11, 1997. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.