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MANUEL DOMINIC MADRUGA
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1924 – December 22, 1968
Service recordManuel Dominic Madruga, of Modesto, California, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1924
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1968
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 64
- JOSEPH JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- ALLEN ISSAC LIMBRICKSpecialist Six · December 22, 1968
- HENRY EUGENE MAULPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · December 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUSTIN KENNETH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 60
- RICHARD GEORGE BARNARDSergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 61
- RICHARD THOMAS CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 61
- DONALD IGNATIUS CULSHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 62
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 62
- GARY WAYNE EVERETTPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 62
- DONALD GEORGE BOUSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 63
- CHARLES PHILLIP GLENNPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 63
- THOMAS LEE GOODALESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 63
- HENRY EUGENE MAULPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 64
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 64
- EDWARD ARNOLD MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 65
- DIONISIO SANCHEZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 65
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 66
- WILLIE JAMES TATESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 66
- MALCOLM ROSCOE TRUE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- TERRY J WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- ALBERT GREEN WINGFIELD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 66
- LEWIS CURTIS WUESTENBERGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 67
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
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.