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MICHAEL RAYMOND PADILLA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1943 – March 3, 1967
Service recordMichael Raymond Padilla, of Richardson, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Richardson, Texas (Collin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 12
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MALLONCorporal · March 3, 1967
- RONALD LEE MIKESELLPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- NORMAN A RENFROPrivate · March 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN HESSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 11
- RONALD LEE MIKESELLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 12
- PAUL WILLIAM RILEYSergeant First Class · Panel 16E, Line 13
From Richardson
- JIMMY LEE WOOLFOLKPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- KENYON GARY WELLMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- ALAN DALE CARSONLance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- JAMES TAYLOR PACEWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1970
- PETER KARL J CHRISTIANSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
- LOUIS KARL BREUER IVFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1972
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.