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PEDRO PADILLA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 26, 1941 – March 28, 1966
Service recordPedro Padilla, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 57
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 57
- RICHARD LE OTIS MAYESCorporal · March 28, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
- THOMAS MCENTEEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- DAVID EARL GARRAPYCorporal · August 25, 1966
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.