Rank: Private First Class
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 24-Jan-1948
Hometown: Dos Palos, California
Marital status: Married to Shelie S. Monk, one son
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 12-Dec-1968
Start of tour: 16-Jun-1969
Incident date: 11-Sep-1969
Date of casualty: 11-Sep-1969
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Unknown. Other causes.
Michael Thomas McGlone was killed while at a night defensive position when the area came under rocket attack by a hostile force. / At night defensive position (NDP). Came under hostile rocket propelled grenade (RPG) attack.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SGT Michael Thomas McGlone
PFC Sherman Dalton Monk
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 701 819
Place of interment: Dos Palos Cemetery, Dos Palos, California, USA
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