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DAVID ESEQUIEL PADILLA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordDavid Esequiel Padilla, of Borger, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Borger, Texas (Hutchinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 62E, Line 22
- TOMMY EMERSON GISTMajor · May 18, 1968
- HAROLD DOUGLAS PEPPERSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- JERRY LEON PETTYSergeant · May 18, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH RIZZARDINISpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
From Borger
- WAYNE B PLATTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT EARL WESLEYStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR JONESSergeant · March 12, 1968
- LOYD VAN MCCARTHY JRCaptain · March 16, 1971
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.