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ADANO HERNANDEZ MADRID
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1946 – May 12, 1969
Service recordAdano Hernandez Madrid, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 76
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 76
- RANDY TRUMAN KENDLEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE LUTZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNINGCorporal · May 12, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY MARTIN IIICorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS BREEDLOVESecond Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 62
- ROBERT G CEVALLOSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 65
- CLYDE RAY GREENStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 69
- MELVIN GREEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 69
- DENNIS ARTHUR MCELROYStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 78
- WAVERY MOOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 78
- WASHINGTON PAULEYSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 81
- RONALD GAIL SMITHEESecond Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 85
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.