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WILLIAM JOSEPH MADSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – December 18, 1966
Service recordWilliam Joseph Madsen, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 59
- ALBERT JOSEPH MCAULIFFEFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1966
- JOEL WILLIAM MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD MURPHYLieutenant · December 18, 1966
- DONALD RAY PRYORPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT STILLMAN WEBBERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 60
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.