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ROBERT JERRY PADGETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 25, 1948 – October 7, 1967
Service recordRobert Jerry Padgett, of College Park, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1948
- Home of record
- College Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 66
- DAVID LAWTON HODGESLieutenant · October 7, 1967
- JAMES LARRY LAWRENCECorporal · October 7, 1967
- JOHNNIE RAY MCMURRAYSergeant · October 7, 1967
- BENJAMIN F PHILLIPS JRMaster Sergeant · October 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 63
- ALDWIN ARDEAN ELLIS JRCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 64
- HUGH ROBERT FLEMISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 64
- MICHAEL GRIMESCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 64
- RODNEY DEAN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 65
- WILLIAM ALBERT JATEFFPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 65
From College Park
- JOHNNY F LONGWarrant Officer 1 · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN LIPSCOMBSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- JERRY GORDON WALLERLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- JOHNNY RAY BRYSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- MARVIN LACY MAYOCorporal · March 26, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- PHILIP WARREN WEAVERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · September 19, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 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.