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CYRIL HYMAN MADISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1950 – May 17, 1972
Service recordCyril Hyman Madison, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1972; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 27
- JOSEPH PAUL NOLAN JRCaptain · May 16, 1971
- JAMES LATHONSergeant · May 17, 1972
- DAVID LEE WAGNERTechnical Sergeant · May 17, 1972
- JONATHAN BRUCE BEDNAREKCaptain · May 18, 1972
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.