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FRANCIS BERNARD MADDEN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1932 – June 15, 1969
Service recordFrancis Bernard Madden JR, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 25, 1932
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 54
- JOHN EDWARD LYNCHSergeant · June 15, 1969
- JERRY MCCARTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- WAYNE OLAND MCCLUNGStaff Sergeant · June 15, 1969
- HAROLD LEON SHATTUCK JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMANSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 51
- VALERIANO DAVID CONTRERASSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 51
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.