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GEORGE ISAAC PADILLA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1946 – January 15, 1967
Service recordGeorge Isaac Padilla, of Toppenish, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Toppenish, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 37
- DONALD WILLIAM NEWTONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- DENIS NICHOLASCaptain · January 15, 1967
- RAYMOND SAMUEL ORRCorporal · January 15, 1967
- JOHN R PRINCEStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY LEWIS CRAFTCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 33
From Toppenish
- M D MCMICANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
- MERREL P WHITTINGTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- FRANKIE RAY JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- STEPHEN A ELLENWOOD JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- TERRY DEAN MASONSeaman · September 5, 1969
- MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDERCorporal · February 18, 1970
- STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
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.