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JOHN EDWARD MADIGAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 2, 1947 – October 7, 1967
Service recordJohn Edward Madigan JR, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 65
- RODNEY DEAN HILLPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT JATEFFPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- JOHN JEFFREY JENSENLance Corporal · October 7, 1967
- FRANK RONALD KERBLCaptain · October 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL DEAN AUWARTERSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 63
- VICTOR MAHLON GROSSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 64
- JAMES LARRY LAWRENCECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 66
From Chelsea
- SHELDON ROBERT COHENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- FRANK MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- EVERETT ALBERT ALLENSeaman · July 29, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN ROSSERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- SALVATORE AGRI JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- CYRIL MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES KENNEDYPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- WILLIAM F THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
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.