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MARCUS WAYNE MADDOX
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 24, 1950 – June 16, 1970
Service recordMarcus Wayne Maddox, of Converse, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Converse, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 58
- JAMES ROLAND MCCRONECaptain · June 16, 1970
- ROBERT WILFRED MCDONALDSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
- BOBBY WAYNE POWELLSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
- ROBERT LEE SEARGENTSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
From Converse
- CRECENCIO CASAREZ GARCIASergeant · April 24, 1968
- ROBERT MINOR MCVEAPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
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.