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MICHAEL L PADDOCK
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – March 15, 1969
Service recordMichael L Paddock, of Ventura, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airbrake Repairer (65E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 47
- EDGAR GREGORY MCADAMSSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- BRIAN FRANCIS MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- JOHN MCMANUSSergeant · March 15, 1969
- RONALD LEE PEARLSergeant · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WESLEY BEAVERSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 43
- WILLIAM JAMES HILLARD IICorporal · Panel 29W, Line 45
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 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.