Roy Madden, Jr.

Roy Madden enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on October 6, 1955, and completed basic training at Parks AFB, California, in December 1955. His first assignment was as a Fabrication, Leather, and Rubber Products Repairman with the 320th Field Maintenance Squadron at March AFB, California, from January 1956 to April 1960, and then with the 22nd Field Maintenance Squadron at March from April to October 1960. Sergeant Madden served with the 4082nd Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Goose AB, Labrador, from October 1960 to January 1962, and then with the 4126th Field Maintenance Squadron at Beale AFB, California, from February 1962 to January 1963. His next assignment was as an Aircraft Instrument Technician with the 456th Field Maintenance Squadron at Beale AFB from February 1963 to November 1965, followed by service with the 525th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Bitburg AB, West Germany, from November 1965 to February 1968. Sergeant Madden served as an Aircraft Instrument Technician with the 2951st Combat Logistics Support Squadron at McClellan AFB, California, from February 1968 to February 1969, and then as an Avionics Instructor with the 3346th Instrument Squadron at Chanute AFB, Illinois, and then at Pease AFB, New Hampshire, from February 1969 to July 1971. His next assignment was as a B-52 Stratofortress gunner with the 744th Bomb Squadron at Beale AFB and deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, from July 1971 until he was forced to eject from his aircraft over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on December 20, 1972.