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WILLIAM CURTIS MADISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1941 – April 9, 1967
Service recordWilliam Curtis Madison, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 5
- LOUIS HENRY JILEKSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HAROLD B KINGSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY CLINTON EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 2
- CARIO FULLERCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 3
- GLENN JOHN HLAVACEKCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 4
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 5
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 5
- DALE E MILAMSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 6
- CHARLES ALBERT STOKENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 7
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.