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Army Specialist Michael A. McGlothin - Wisconsin Military Casualty Compilation - Afghanistan/Iraq
This entry was posted on 11/22/2011 1:30 AM and is filed under Wisconsin Military Casualties Afghanistan Iraq Compilation.
Army Specialist Michael Anthony McGlothin, 21, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was killed on Saturday, April 17, 2004 outside Baghdad, Iraq. His patrol was attacked by insurgents using an improvised explosive device. Specialist McGlothin was assigned to Company C, 115th Forward Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 1st Cavalry Division, based out of Fort Hood, Texas. He had been in Iraq for less than a month at the time of his death. He was the first Milwaukee casualty in the Iraq war.
The Web site militarytime.com using information from several Associated Press releases notes that Army colleagues remember McGlothin as a "skinny, shy, and somewhat awkward youth" who toughed out basic training and eventually set an example to other soldiers. Specialist McGlothin was a motor transport operator with his unit. He had served in the Army Reserve for a time before going on active duty in January 2002. His unit was deployed to Iraq in February and March of 2004.
The miltarytimes.com articles also mentioned Michael was born in Hartford, Wisconsin, and raised in the nearby Friess Lake area, and Milwaukee. He had attended middle school at the Friess Lake School District. He was remembered for his love of music, especially rock ‘n’ roll. The site went on to say McGlothin "played the guitar in a garage band and was learning how to play the banjo, an instrument his grandfather played. He had aspirations to go to college after his military service and become a producer in the record industry.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel notes that while in high school, McGlothin took interest in history, social studies, and government. While living in the Hartford, Wisconsin area Michael liked to hunt and fish. He attended Hartford Union High School in Hartford, Wisconsin, for his freshman and sophomore years, then moved to Milwaukee, and transferred to Pulaski High School for his final two years of school where he graduated in 2000. The Journal Sentinel noted in a subsequent article that Michael was the first-born child in his family. For a time he had worked with his father in Menomonee Falls for a foodservice equipment company.
At the time of his death Army Specialist Michael McGlothin was survived by his mother Lucille "Lucy" Henzig and stepfather Chris Henzig; father Liewllyn "Lew" McGlothin and stepmother Sharon McGlothin; sisters Amber and Crystal Rose; brother Christopher; grandmother Lorreta McGlothin; grandfather David (Ann) Palmer; and grandmother Maryann Gallenberg. Army Specialist Michael A. McGlothin was laid to rest at Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Information for this short biography about Army Specialist Michael Anthony McGlothin was pieced together from the following sources: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Shy boy becomes a family's hero - Milwaukee soldier is 17th state service member killed in Iraq," posted April 20, 2004; The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "McGothin, SPC Michael A." posted April 23, 2004; The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, " Honoring a soldier's courage - Loved ones remember McGlothin's dedication," posted April 27, 2004; militarytimes.com, Associated Press, "Army Spc. Michael A. McGlothin"; Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs "Fallen Heroes Page"; and, CNN.com "War Casualties Page."
Note: This "Wisconsin Military Casualties Afghanistan Iraq Compilation" Daily Dadio blog Category is under construction. Go to the Cooldadiomedia Web site and the Wisconsin War Casualties Page for a list of names noted by date of death. ( If readers know of other military service persons with Wisconsin connections that are not on the Web site comprehensive list of fatal casualties, or notice errors, please email Bob Keith at keithrg13@cooldadiomedia.com ).
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