Michael Phillip Madrid

Hospitalman
H&S CO, 3RD BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Navy
11 August 1948 - 17 July 1968
Stockton, California
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3RD MARDIV

9TH MARINES 		Fleet Marine Force Corpsman

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Michael Phillip Madrid

22 Dec 1998

"Not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions,
but there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them,
graven not on stone but in the hearts of men."
- Pericles of Athens, 431 BC -

From a cousin,
Susan

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Although assigned to the H&S Company, 3/9 Marines, Corpsman Michael Madrid was in the field with Kilo Company when he was killed. Kilo 3/9 lost 8 men on 17 July 1968:
  • 1stLt Patrick R. Scully, Chicago, IL (Silver Star)
  • Cpl Antonio Hernandez, San Benito, TX
  • HN Michael P. Madrid, Stockton, CA
  • LCpl Dean E. Nicholas, Mentor, OH
  • LCpl Dale L. Weaver, Honey Brook, PA (Silver Star)
  • Pfc Steven A. Butler, Bay Shore, NY
  • Pfc Wilson Jack, Ville Platte, LA
  • Pfc Joe B. Williams, Dallas, TX

Fleet Marine Force Corpsman

"You guys are the Marine's doctors -
There's none better in the business than a Navy Corpsman ..."
-- Lieutenant General "Chesty" Puller --

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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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