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EDDIE JACK PADILLA
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 30, 1950 – September 7, 1970
Service recordEddie Jack Padilla, of Stevinson, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 44
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Stevinson, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1970; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 44
- JOHN CALVIN DAVISStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
- GLENN HARRY ENGLISH JRStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
- DON MCCLELLAND JUSTICECorporal · September 7, 1970
- JULIUS DALE NELSONPrivate First Class · September 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE ALLEN AARONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 43
- GLENN HARRY ENGLISH JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 44
- BRENT WILLIAM SVEENPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 45
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.