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JON LESLIE PADGETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1949 – April 30, 1970
Service recordJon Leslie Padgett, of Markleville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 76
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Markleville, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 76
- ROBERT DUANE PALMORECorporal · April 30, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE RABRENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 30, 1970
- LONNIE BARRY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · April 30, 1970
- JOHN LESLIE SENSINGCaptain · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ELSTONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 72
- ROBERT DUANE PALMORECorporal · Panel 11W, Line 76
From Markleville
- RICHARD EARL CREASONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
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.