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JOHN B MADISON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordJohn B Madison, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 24
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- DAVID HARRY LEWISStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD LILLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN LOBACKCorporal · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE EUGENE FEDORPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 20
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 24
- BILLY RAYVON NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 27
- ROBERT EMMETT TYNERPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 33
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.