[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 7007-7008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO CLYDE MADDOX

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                       HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR.

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 20, 1999

  Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, it is with a great sense of 
pride that I rise today, on the floor of the U.S. House of 
Representatives, to pay tribute to Clyde Maddox, a Vietnam veteran, who 
was elected Commander of the 110,000 member Disabled American Veterans, 
Department of California, last year.
  Clyde Maddox was born in Americus, Georgia to a family which included 
eight other brothers and sisters. He spent the first 18 years of his 
life in Americus. He graduated from Sumtar County High School in 1968 
prior to beginning a career in the United States Marine Corps where he 
spent 21 years serving his country.
  Clyde Maddox served a tour of 13 months in Vietnam. He has also 
served in two tours

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overseas and has been stationed in several other cities including Earl 
Colt Neck, New Jersey, Cherry Point, North Carolina, and El Toro and 
Camp Pendleton, California.
  Mr. Maddox has been the recipient of numerous awards and certificates 
for exemplifying professionalism and initiative to reflect the highest 
traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. On 
January 28, 1988, Mr. Maddox was recognized with a Certificate of Good 
Conduct Medal. He was awarded a Navy Achievement Award Medal for 
serving as Ground Supply Chief, 3rd Marine Air Craft Wing Fleet Marine 
from May, 1979 to July, 1982. He received a Meritorious Service Medal 
during the period of November, 1986 to May, 1989. In October, 1996 
Maddox was awarded with another Navy Achievement Award.
  On January 1, 1991, Mr. Maddox officially retired from the U.S. 
Marine Corps after a distinguished career. He then accepted a position 
with the Disabled American Veterans Organization, at the Jerry L. 
Pettis Hospital in Loma Linda, California.
  While working with the Disabled American Veterans, Mr. Maddox was 
awarded a Certificate of Appreciation on February 4, 1993, for 
distinguished and exemplary service. On March 20, 1996, he received a 
certificate for Outstanding Service as a Service Officer.
  Mr. Maddox continues to serve as a volunteer with the Disabled 
American Veterans. He is currently employed by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in the Material Management Department at the Loma 
Linda Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
  Clyde Maddox is a life member of Riverside Chapter #28, he and his 
wife Ruby, the parents of two children, reside in Moreno Valley.
  A testimonial dinner will be held on Saturday, April 17, 1999 in 
Riverside, California at the Riverside Convention Center to pay tribute 
to Clyde Maddox.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me and veterans in my 
congressional district in paying tribute to Clyde Maddox for his 
exemplary service and patriotism to our country. We also recognize his 
hard work to safeguard and promote the benefits and programs that 
disabled veterans have earned through their military service to our 
Nation.

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