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LARRY GENE PADBERG
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 8, 1945 – May 12, 1969
Service recordLarry Gene Padberg, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 80
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 80
- MICHAEL STEVEN OBRIENSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- TIMOTHY BOURKE OREILLYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- CARL EDWARD PACKARD JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FIDEL PADILLAPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
From Ada
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- DENNIS VAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 1971
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.