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MICHAEL DAVID PADILLA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1948 – April 20, 1968
Service recordMichael David Padilla, of Billings, Montana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 11
- ROBERT JOSEPH NOTOPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- RICKY LEE NULLPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOHN OKEEFEPrivate · April 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD PANTIERPrivate · April 20, 1968
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ALAN FREDERICK ASHALLLieutenant Commander · August 29, 1968
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.