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GERALD FIELD MCGLONE
Captain · U.S. Army
November 1, 1947 – October 7, 1971
Service recordGerald Field McGlone, of Urbana, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 35
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Urbana, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 35
- CARL WAYNE THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1971
- PAUL ROLAND CARSONSergeant · October 6, 1971
- ADDISON WILLIAM PAGE JRSpecialist Five · October 7, 1971
- RAFAEL PEREZ-VERDEJASpecialist Four · October 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ADDISON WILLIAM PAGE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 35
- RAFAEL PEREZ-VERDEJASpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 35
From Urbana
- WALTER LEWIS GLASSMajor · February 28, 1964
- MAYNARD JEWEL HUMESSergeant · November 11, 1966
- MAURICE ALBERT SHAFF JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- LEWIS CLAYTON CHILDRESSCorporal · November 16, 1967
- TERRY NEIL HARDIGSergeant · January 21, 1969
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- STEVEN EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
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.