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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Al Suminguit Padayhag.

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AL SUMINGUIT PADAYHAG

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

January 23, 1910 – March 10, 1962

Service record

Al Suminguit Padayhag served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 52. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 7

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Five (SP5)
Service
Regular
Born
January 23, 1910

Casualty

Date of death
March 10, 1962
Age
52
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Heart Related

Context · from the records

What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1962. In March 1962, 1 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 7

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.