Michael A McGlothin
Date of Death: 04/17/2004
Age: 21
Incident Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Hometown: Milwaukee
Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 115th Forward Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 1st Calvary Division
Unit Base: Fort Hood, Texas
Army Spc. Michael A. McGlothin, 21, of Milwaukee, Wis.; assigned to 115th Forward Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed April 17, 2004, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol in Baghdad.
McGlothin was a motor transport operator with the Army’s 115th Forward Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood. He went on active-duty Jan. 22, 2002, after serving in the Army Reserve and was among soldiers from Fort Hood who were deployed to Iraq that February and March.
Michael McGlothin was born in Hartford and raised in Friess Lake and Milwaukee. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks prompted McGlothin to join the military because he wanted to make a difference, his uncle said. “I believe he did (make a difference),” Kenneth McGlothin said. “In our eyes, he is a hero.” He loved music, especially rock ‘n’ roll. He played the guitar in a garage band and was learning how to play the banjo, an instrument his grandfather played. He wanted to go to college after his military service to become a producer in the record industry. “He was very talented,” his uncle said.
Sgt. Michael McGinnis spoke at McGlothin's wake. "He was always a team player, always helping, always doing his part and more, and always giving his time,” McGinnis said. “I think back now, and I have those memories of basic training, the moments, and his sacrifice for his country and the sacrifice of his family.”
McGlothin was a motor transport operator with the Army’s 115th Forward Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood. He went on active-duty Jan. 22, 2002, after serving in the Army Reserve and was among soldiers from Fort Hood who were deployed to Iraq that February and March.
Michael McGlothin was born in Hartford and raised in Friess Lake and Milwaukee. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks prompted McGlothin to join the military because he wanted to make a difference, his uncle said. “I believe he did (make a difference),” Kenneth McGlothin said. “In our eyes, he is a hero.” He loved music, especially rock ‘n’ roll. He played the guitar in a garage band and was learning how to play the banjo, an instrument his grandfather played. He wanted to go to college after his military service to become a producer in the record industry. “He was very talented,” his uncle said.
Sgt. Michael McGinnis spoke at McGlothin's wake. "He was always a team player, always helping, always doing his part and more, and always giving his time,” McGinnis said. “I think back now, and I have those memories of basic training, the moments, and his sacrifice for his country and the sacrifice of his family.”