Corporal Keith John McCarthy, from Cardiff, served with The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) and took part in the Falklands campaign in 1982.

Corporal McCarthy died during the Battle for Mount Longdon on 12 June 1982, aged 27 years old. He is now buried at Beckington Churchyard, Frome, Somerset.

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