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JAIME PADILLA-JORGE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 13, 1949 – June 1, 1969
Service recordJaime Padilla-Jorge, of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 39
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (Mayaguez County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 39
- DARRELL VERNON PECKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PEONIOSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- JAMES WALKER POESergeant · June 1, 1969
- JOSE L SANCHEZSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
From Mayaguez
- RAMON BERNARDSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAIME IRIZARRY-PEREZStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- JULIO SERRANO-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREAPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- HUMBERTO ACOSTA-ROSARIOStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- BENJAMIN MALDONADO-AGUILARSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- REINALD SANTIAGO-CASTILLO JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
- ROBERTO RAMOS-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 7, 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.