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LUIS A N HILERIO-PADILLA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1948 – November 13, 1969
Service recordLuis A N Hilerio-Padilla, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 69
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 69
- JEFFREY LOUIS BOBULALance Corporal · November 13, 1969
- EDDIE DEAN CARPENTERCorporal · November 13, 1969
- RALPH RAYMOND EVILSIZORStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1969
- RICHARD ALLAN FORBESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE DEAN CARPENTERCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 69
- DENNIS EVANS MILLIARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 70
- WILLIE GEORGE TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 71
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 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.