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THOMAS VERNON MADISON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1945 – July 23, 1966
Service recordThomas Vernon Madison, of Delavan, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 63
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Delavan, Wisconsin (Walworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 63
- SAMUEL THOMAS MORROWSpecialist Four · July 23, 1966
- BENJAMIN BYRD NEWSOMColonel · July 23, 1966
- STEVEN OWEN SCHULTZPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- ROBERT LEE WENGERCorporal · July 23, 1966
From Delavan
- CARL RAYMOND HALLBERGPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- LOUIS A PAVLACKY JRCorporal · March 14, 1970
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.