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MICHAEL JOHN MCGLOTHLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordMichael John McGlothlin, of Pecatonica, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 15
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Pecatonica, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 15
- JAMES EVERETT MCKEESergeant First Class · February 11, 1969
- ALLEN DONALD MULLERCorporal · February 11, 1969
- VICTOR CHARLES NAVONE JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- FRED LAFAY PETTIGREW IIICorporal · February 11, 1969
From Pecatonica
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKINSONCorporal · January 2, 1966
- CHARLES STANLEY TARBERTCorporal · December 9, 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.