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ROBERT LOUIS PADILLA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1940 – May 17, 1966
Service recordRobert Louis Padilla, of Ventura, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 74
- VICTOR HUBERT ONEALSergeant · May 17, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- LARRY PAULLEYSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY A BARGASergeant · Panel 7E, Line 67
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 67
- SAMUEL DAVID CARPENTERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 68
- TERRY WAYNE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- GARY THOMAS FUTRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 68
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 70
- WALTER FELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- BENNY SAN NICOLAS FLORESSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 71
- JOHN JOSEPH MAGYAROSISergeant · Panel 7E, Line 72
- FREDRICK CHARLES MANGATPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 72
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 72
- PICARDO RAMONLZY MAYSSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 73
- ROCHESTER MITCHELLPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 73
- GILBERT GREGORY MULLENCorporal · Panel 7E, Line 73
- EDWARD GEORGE MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 73
- HAROLD BRADLEY NADEAUPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 73
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 74
- JOHN PETERS RANDLESCorporal · Panel 7E, Line 75
- CLIFFORD G RHODESPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 75
- LAWRENCE L RINGGOLD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 76
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 76
- JOHN WALTER TEAGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 76
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 77
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- 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
- MICHAEL WAYNE HASKINSHospitalman · February 1, 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.