In Memory

Madison Strohlein



 
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05/08/19 07:53 PM #1    

Guy Collier (Collier)

Madison was killed in viet Nam and is still listed as missing in action. There is a building named after him in I think Fort Benning Ga.  I first met Madison in third grade at Glenside elementary .  He was sent behind enemy lines and never returned.

 

Guy Collier

USMC


05/09/19 12:49 PM #2    

Judith Jacobs (Woods)

We found his name in the book at the Wall when my husband and I visited and found Norm’s men he lost from his platoon in Nam-he went by “Skip”, right?


05/09/19 02:04 PM #3    

Joseph (Mike) Neibert

Humbled and saddened at the sacrifice of all those who served. To this day I still haven't been able to visit the wall in DC. Tried three times, closest I ever got was the book and could go no further....too many "ghosts"......did see the smaller traveling wall a few years back and was able to spend some time.....God bless you soldier, and all who served.

Mike Neibert - US Naval Advisor RVN 69-71     

 

 


05/10/19 05:14 PM #4    

Albert London

Yes he went by "Skip"

I visited the traveling wall in Tallahassee a couple of years back. They made the entire area "hallowed" ground and it was an almost tangible feeling. I was really surprised at how emotional I became when I touched his name. It brought back a flood of memories.

 


05/11/19 11:34 AM #5    

Joseph (Mike) Neibert

In doing a little research, it appears Madison Strohlein was quite the soldier. As described in a book SOG by John L. Plaster, in chapter 16, "Fighting Soldiers From The Sky" on page 317 he was on a SOG (Special Operations Group) HALO mission on 22 June 1971 that led to his demise. As Guy Collier shared there is a building in Ft Bragg NC (US Army Jump School) called Strohlein Hall, named in his honor. He was quite a man.

I attach a link describing the SOG HALO jump and extraction of 22 June 1971.

http://taskforceomegainc.org/S176.htm

http://www.comanchero.org/SOG.htm

 

 

 


02/04/24 07:30 PM #6    

Luther Pittman

Skip is famous in all the Airborne units of the US Army. A true hero. 


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