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WILLIE ERSKINE MADDEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 31, 1946 – March 3, 1969
Service recordWillie Erskine Madden, of Laurens, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Laurens, South Carolina (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 27
- LEO JOSEPH MANGOLDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- GENE OPERIE MERRIWEATHERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- DEAN WARD MOEHRINGSergeant · March 3, 1969
- RANDY ROY MUELLERCorporal · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 19
- HARRY TODD HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 23
- MANUEL HIGUERAPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 23
- RANDY ROY MUELLERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 27
- DARRYL EUGENE MCCARTNEYMajor · Panel 30W, Line 28
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 30
- WAYNE WINSTON TEEPLESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 33
From Laurens
- SANFORD LEWIS NELSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- JAMES CLIFFORD MCKITTRICKMajor · June 18, 1967
- DANNY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- CARY JOSEPH SMITHSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSpecialist Four · June 10, 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.