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RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1949 – January 5, 1968
Service recordRaymond Dennis McGlothin, of Lomita, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 84 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 84 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 51
- JOSEPH LUCAS JRSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- MIKE A MAKSINSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES MORANPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- BOBBIE JOE MOUNTSPrivate · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 52
From Lomita
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND HORRIDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
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.