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IRENARDO FELIX PADRON
Captain · U.S. Army
April 30, 1931 – May 6, 1969
Service recordIrenardo Felix Padron, of Miami, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 10
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 30, 1931
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 10
- MICHAEL LYNN CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
- GEORGE LAFAYETTE COODYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1969
- STEEVE ALEXANDER CRAWSHAWStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN DALEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.