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DAVID EARL MCGLOCHLIN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 8, 1947 – January 10, 1968
Service recordDavid Earl McGlochlin, of Carmel Valley, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 24
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CA GRP COM ACT 3 MAF
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Carmel Valley, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 24
- HARRY PRESTON MCFALLSFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- JEFFREY PEREZSergeant · January 10, 1968
- ROBERT PFEISTERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
- HENRY LEE PRATHER IIIPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
From Carmel Valley
- STEPHEN MARK HERMANSONSecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
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.