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ROBERT THOMAS MADEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1946 – May 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Thomas Madel, of Mt Vernon, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 36
- STEVEN JAMES LAYTONPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS LODISE JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RONALD DAVID LOVELADYCorporal · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS KEVIN LYONSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LYNN ALFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 27
From Mt Vernon
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- RAYMOND COLUMBUS JACKSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · December 31, 1967
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- RONALD SAPORITOPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 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.