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FRANK DODGE MADRID
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1944 – January 28, 1970
Service recordFrank Dodge Madrid, of Puerto De Luna, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Puerto De Luna, New Mexico (Guadalupe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 76
- ROBERT JOSEPH PANEK SRLieutenant Colonel · November 5, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH MALLONCaptain · November 11, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH POLLACKCorporal · January 28, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID PRUETTSenior Master Sergeant · January 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 74
- PETER DAVID GUZMANSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 74
- JOHN ANDREW SHAFFERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 77
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.