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JAMES CLARK MCGLASSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1950 – August 26, 1969
Service recordJames Clark McGlasson, of Arcata, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 120
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- July 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Arcata, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 120
- GUY MARCEL INKELSergeant · August 26, 1969
- VERLON DONALD KING JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- JIMMY TONY MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- WAYNE MUSKETTLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
From Arcata
- ALAN EUGENE HENDRICKSONCaptain · August 3, 1967
- MARVIN EDWARD MCLELLANDCorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- KELLY STUART MORRISSergeant · July 26, 1969
- ROGER DALE LOWERYLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 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.