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RICHARD CARL MADISON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRichard Carl Madison, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 22
- JUAN PATRICIO MARTINEZStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- CHAD DAVID MEADOWSSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL MEIERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY WAYNE MELTONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.