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JOHN MARTIN MADDEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1949 – April 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Martin Madden JR, of Natick, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 86 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP
- Born
- March 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Natick, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 48
- KENNETH W FOWLERTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- JOHN A MARSHFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1969
- MITCHELL MESSINGSergeant · April 25, 1969
From Natick
- THOMAS STEPHEN DONOVANPetty Officer Third Class · June 3, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSLance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- KEITH MICHAEL FLUMERECorporal · March 11, 1968
- ROGER DAVID BROWNFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1969
- ELDON WILLIAM TOZERChief Petty Officer · November 20, 1969
- KEVIN FRANCIS LYNCHSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
- RICHARD BENNETT RINEHARTCorporal · February 15, 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.