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JOHN WILLIAM MACGLASHAN
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 27, 1929 – August 3, 1967
Service recordJohn William Macglashan served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 3, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 73
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 27, 1929
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 73
- DANNY LEE BOLINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1967
- ALAN EUGENE HENDRICKSONCaptain · August 3, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK MCGRATHHospitalman · August 3, 1967
- JOHN BENEDICT NAHAN IIILance Corporal · August 3, 1967
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.