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ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 25, 1943 – August 21, 1965
Service recordAntonio Duarte Padilla, of Wilmington, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 65
- FELIZ PERRISLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- DEPUY RAYMOND VANKEURENLance Corporal · August 22, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD CRONKPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- KYLE HENRY HATCHETTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
From Wilmington
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 1968
- MASON OPHELIA FOLMARSpecialist Six · November 14, 1968
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.