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MARK EUGENE MADSEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1948 – December 15, 1968
Service recordMark Eugene Madsen, of Bloomington, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 26
- DAVID ALLEN LENCHNERFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- KENNETH CARROLL MAJOR JRSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- DAVID PIOTROWICZPrivate First Class · December 15, 1968
- EDWARD DOYLE POWERSCorporal · December 15, 1968
From Bloomington
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WILLIAM REINHART BUFFCorporal · August 30, 1966
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER LITTLE IIICorporal · November 7, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE MONKMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT GENE PINKSTONStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- GARY CECIL BAIZEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 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.