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MICHAEL PHILLIP MADRID
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 11, 1948 – July 17, 1968
Service recordMichael Phillip Madrid, of Stockton, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 45
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 45
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD LETSCH JRLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- LIONEL PARRA JRMajor · July 17, 1968
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.