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CRES PADILLA SALAZAR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 17, 1946 – July 6, 1968
Service recordCres Padilla Salazar, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 6, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Electrician (CE)
- Born
- July 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 30
- EUGENE LEE RILEYCorporal · July 6, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE ROBERTSSergeant · July 6, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- JERE LEE WHITAKERCorporal · July 6, 1968
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.