John F. McCarthy
 John F. McCarthy  ( spook) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 September, 2019 (Age 78) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • George Washington University • Army War College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Mary Gumbel McCarthy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spook who was CIA Chief of Station in multiple countries, mostly in Africa.
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John Francis "Black Jack" McCarthy III was a spook who was CIA Chief of Station in multiple countries, mostly in Africa.[1]
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Background
He was born in Washington, DC, the son of Air Force Colonel John F. McCarthy, Jr. His childhood was spent on military bases throughout the U.S. and Germany.[1]
Education
He attended Loyola High School in Palos Verdes, California. He was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, deploying to Asia and elsewhere. He took a BA in Government and an MA in International Affairs from George Washington University.[1]
Career
He joined the Central Intelligence Agency, and in 1971 was posted under under diplomatic cover as a foreign service officer to Saigon and later to Phnom Penh, Cambodia where he worked until April 12, 1975 when the city was overrun by the Khmer Rouge. John helped organize the evacuation of the US Embassy there and was one of the last Americans to leave.[1][2]
He was briefly posted to Kobe, Japan.
His CIA career shifted to Africa in 1978 when he was posted to Kaduna, Nigeria, and transitioned to Zaire's Lubumbashi Consulate General base chief circa 1981.[1][3]
McCarthy was in Ndjamena, Chad in 1984. He attended the Army War College in 1985 where he formed many of his lifelong professional and personal relationships. John did three further tours in Africa in Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe, most likely as Chief of Station in all three, before retiring in 1996.[1]
