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JOSEPH ANTHONY PADILLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1946 – May 18, 1968
Service recordJoseph Anthony Padilla, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Cheyenne, Wyoming (Laramie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 18
- DAVID GIBSONSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- PETER MATHEW GUENETTESpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- JOE DEAN HELVEYMaster Sergeant · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 62E, Line 16
- DANIEL BRIAN CHRISTENSONSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 16
From Cheyenne
- ROBERT FRED GUTHRIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BECKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM BERTUS ESSLINGERPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE DANIEL TORREZLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD MCNALLYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- FRANK MAXWELL DARLINGPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · March 6, 1969
- ERNEST CLAUDE BALLANDStaff Sergeant · May 25, 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.