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JERRY WAYNE MCGLOTHLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1950 – June 9, 1970
Service recordJerry Wayne McGlothlen, of Yelm, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Yelm, Washington (Thurston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 34
- ELMER LEO KEASLINGCorporal · June 9, 1970
- KENNETH HOWARD LAMBORNSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- JEFFREY HAROLD MILLERCorporal · June 9, 1970
- LOWELL EDWIN MOONSergeant · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JOHN CHISKOStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 31
- STEVEN LOUIS DOBRYSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 32
- ANDREW JOHN ELLIOTTChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 9W, Line 32
- ELMER LEO KEASLINGCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 34
- JEFFREY HAROLD MILLERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 34
- LOWELL EDWIN MOONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 34
From Yelm
- RONALD EDGAR PLAYFORDLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- LONNIE MELROE SWINSONMaster Sergeant · September 11, 1970
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.